He is cast forth (εβληθη εξω). Timeless or gnomic use of the first aorist passive indicative of βαλλω as the conclusion of a third…

If a man abide not in me. See John 15:4. If a man is not truly united to him by faith, and does not live with a continual sense of his dep…

If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch . . .—The thought passes from the fruitful to the sterile branch, from the man who …

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. …

St. John Chrysostom: Having said that they were clean through the word which He had spoken to them, He now taught them that th…

Failure to maintain a vital connection brings its own penalty—rejection and uselessness. Since the Greek text literally reads “the branch,” there m…

If any one abide not in me. He again sets before them the punishment for ingratitude, and by doing so, encourages and urges them to persev…

If a man abide not in me
Christ does not say, "if ye abide not in me"; he would not suppose this of his true discipl…

Jesus Christ is the Vine, the true Vine. The union of the human and Divine natures, and the fullness of the Spirit that is in Him, resemble the roo…

1. In this discourse, our Lord especially wants to comfort His disciples about two things. The first was near and present: His pa ion. The s…