John 15:4

Good News Translation (US Version)

Remain united to me, and I will remain united to you. A branch cannot bear fruit by itself; it can do so only if it remains in the vine. In the same way you cannot bear fruit unless you remain in me.

Cross References

1 John 2:6

if we say that we remain in union with God, we should live just as Jesus Christ did.

Galatians 2:20

so that it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. This life that I live now, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave his life for me.

John 8:31

So Jesus said to those who believed in him, “If you obey my teaching, you are really my disciples;

2 John 1:9

Anyone who does not stay with the teaching of Christ, but goes beyond it, does not have God. Whoever does stay with the teaching has both the Father and the Son.

John 6:56

Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood live in me, and I live in them.

Philippians 1:11

Your lives will be filled with the truly good qualities which only Jesus Christ can produce, for the glory and praise of God.

John 14:20

When that day comes, you will know that I am in my Father and that you are in me, just as I am in you.

Luke 8:15

The seeds that fell in good soil stand for those who hear the message and retain it in a good and obedient heart, and they persist until they bear fruit.

2 Corinthians 13:5

Put yourselves to the test and judge yourselves, to find out whether you are living in faith. Surely you know that Christ Jesus is in you?—unless you have completely failed.

Colossians 2:6

Since you have accepted Christ Jesus as Lord, live in union with him.

Colossians 1:27

God's plan is to make known his secret to his people, this rich and glorious secret which he has for all peoples. And the secret is that Christ is in you, which means that you will share in the glory of God.

Acts 14:22

They strengthened the believers and encouraged them to remain true to the faith. “We must pass through many troubles to enter the Kingdom of God,” they taught.

John 17:23

I in them and you in me, so that they may be completely one, in order that the world may know that you sent me and that you love them as you love me.

Hosea 14:8

The people of Israel will have nothing more to do with idols; I will answer their prayers and take care of them. Like an evergreen tree I will shelter them; I am the source of all their blessings.”

Ephesians 3:17

and I pray that Christ will make his home in your hearts through faith. I pray that you may have your roots and foundation in love,

Acts 11:23

When he arrived and saw how God had blessed the people, he was glad and urged them all to be faithful and true to the Lord with all their hearts.

Colossians 1:23

You must, of course, continue faithful on a firm and sure foundation, and must not allow yourselves to be shaken from the hope you gained when you heard the gospel. It is of this gospel that I, Paul, became a servant—this gospel which has been preached to everybody in the world.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

That is why I had to send Timothy. I could not bear it any longer, so I sent him to find out about your faith. Surely it could not be that the Devil had tempted you and all our work had been for nothing!

Song of Solomon 8:5

Who is this coming from the desert, arm in arm with her lover? Under the apple tree I woke you, in the place where you were born.

Hebrews 10:39

We are not people who turn back and are lost. Instead, we have faith and are saved.

Matthew 12:33

“To have good fruit you must have a healthy tree; if you have a poor tree, you will have bad fruit. A tree is known by the kind of fruit it bears.