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John 15:2 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. "
John 15:2
Verse in Context
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1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.
2 Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
3 You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
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John 15:1
"“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer."
John 15:3
"You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you."
John 15:4
"Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me."
John 15:5
"I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing."
John 15:6
"If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned."
John 15:7
"If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you."
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