Scofield Reference Notes I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Margin true
"True" in contrast with Israel. Isa 5:1-7. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. [2] purgeth
Three conditions of the fruitful life: Cleansing, Jn 15:2,3. See Scofield Note: "Jn 13:10", abiding , See Scofield Note: "Jn 15:4", obedience, Jn 15:4,10,12, (See "Law of Christ,") Gal 6:2. See Scofield Note: "2Jn 1:5". Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
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. [3] abide
To abide in Christ is, on the one hand, to have no known sin unjudged and unconfessed, no interest into which He is not brought, no life which He cannot share. On the other hand, the abiding one takes all burdens to Him, and draws all wisdom, life and strength from Him. It is not unceasing consciousness of these things, and of Him, but that nothing is allowed in the life which separates from Him. See "Fellowship," 1Jn 1:3. See "Communion," 1Cor 10:16. 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.
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.
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. [1] much fruit
Three degrees in fruit-bearing: "Fruit," Jn 15:2, "more fruit," Jn 15:2, "much fruit," Jn 15:5,8. As we bear "much fruit" the Father is glorified in us. The minor moralities and graces of Christianity are often imitated, but never the ninefold "fruit" of Gal 5:22,23. Where such fruit is the Father glorified. The Pharisees were moral and intensely "religious," but not one of them could say with Christ, "I have glorified thee on the earth" Jn 17:4. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. [2] Henceforth
Progressive intimacy in John: Servants, Jn 13:13, Friends Jn 15:15, Brethren, Jn 20:17. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
These things I command you, that ye love one another.
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. Margin world
kosmos = world-system. Jn 16:11,33 7:7. See Scofield Note: "Rev 13:8". If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Margin the world
kosmos = world-system. Jn 16:11,33 7:7. See Scofield Note: "Rev 13:8". Margin out of the world kosmos = mankind. See Scofield Note: "Mt 4:8". Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. Margin sin
Sin. See Scofield Note: "Rom 3:23". He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. Margin sin
Sin. See Scofield Note: "Rom 3:23". But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. Scofield Reference Notes (1917 Edition) Bible Apps.com |
