Abide In Me

July 28, 2019
Rev. Chris Furr, Rev. Dr. Cynthia Hale, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Rev. Mark Briley

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John 15:1-5 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Jesus the True Vine

15 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. ²He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes^[a] to make it bear more fruit. ³You have already been cleansed^[b] by the word that I have spoken to you. ⁴Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. ⁵I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.

Footnotes:

John 15:2 The same Greek root refers to pruning and cleansing
John 15:3 The same Greek root refers to pruning and cleansing

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