John 15:4

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μείνατε ἐν ἐμοί, κἀγὼ ἐν ὑμῖν. Καθὼς τὸ κλῆμα οὐ δύναται καρπὸν φέρειν ἀφʼ ἑαυτοῦ, ἐὰν μὴ μείνῃ ἐν τῇ ἀμπέλῳ· οὕτως οὐδὲ ὑμεῖς, ἐὰν μὴ ἐν ἐμοὶ μείνητε.

Transliteration

Meinate en emoi, kagō en humin. Kathōs the klēma ou dunatai karpon pherein aph' heautou, ean mē meinē en tē ampelō; houtōs oude humeis, ean mē en emoi meinēte.

Grammar Details

• *Meinate*: aorist imperative, active, second person plural - remain/abide/stay
• *en emoi*: preposition + dative - in me
• *kagō*: crasis of *kai* + *egō* - and I
• *en humin*: preposition + dative - in you [plural]
• *Kathōs*: adverb - just as/even as
• *klēma*: nominative, neuter, singular - branch
• *ou dunatai*: present indicative, middle, third person singular with negative - cannot/is not able
• *karpon pherein*: accusative + present infinitive - to bear fruit
• *aph' heautou*: preposition + genitive reflexive pronoun - from itself
• *ean mē*: conditional + negative - if not/unless
• *meinē*: aorist subjunctive, active, third person singular - it remains
• *en tē ampelō*: preposition + dative - in the vine
• *houtōs*: adverb - so/thus/in this manner
• *oude*: conjunction + negative - neither/nor
• *humeis*: nominative, plural, second person pronoun - you [plural]
• *meinēte*: aorist subjunctive, active, second person plural - you remain

Word Meanings

• *meinate*: remain/abide/stay/continue in
• *klēma*: branch/shoot/twig
• *dunatai*: is able/can/has power
• *pherein*: to bear/to produce/to yield
• *heautou*: itself/its own
• *ampelō*: vine/grapevine

Referenced Verses

• Gal 2:20 : 20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
• 1 John 2:6 : 6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
• 2 John 1:9 : 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
• John 6:56 : 56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
• Ezek 15:2-5 : 2 Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest? 3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? 4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work? 5 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?
• John 8:31 : 31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
• 1 John 2:24-28 : 24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. 25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. 26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. 27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. 28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
• Phil 1:11 : 11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
• Rom 8:9-9 : 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. 10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
• John 14:20 : 20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
• John 15:5-7 : 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
• John 17:23 : 23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
• Hos 14:8 : 8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
• Luke 8:15 : 15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
• 2 Cor 12:8-9 : 8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
• 2 Cor 13:5 : 5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
• Col 1:23 : 23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
• Eph 3:17 : 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
• Col 2:6 : 6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
• Jude 1:20-21 : 20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
• 1 Thess 3:5 : 5 For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.
• Col 1:27 : 27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
• John 6:68-69 : 68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. 69 And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
• Acts 11:23 : 23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
• Acts 14:22 : 22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
• Song 8:5 : 5 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
• Isa 27:10-11 : 10 Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. 11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
• Heb 10:39 : 39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.