Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 15:7
If ye abide in me, ye shall ask — Prayers themselves are a fruit of faith, and they produce more fruit.
If ye abide in me, ye shall ask — Prayers themselves are a fruit of faith, and they produce more fruit.
Verse John 15:7. _IF YE ABIDE IN ME_, c.] "Those," says Creeshna, "whose understandings are in him, (God,) whose souls are in him, whose confidence is in him, whose asylum is in him, are by the inspir...
MY WORDS - My doctrine; my commandments. ABIDE IN YOU - Not only are remembered, but are suffered to remain in you as a living principle, to regulate your affections and life. YE SHALL ASK ... - See...
CHAPTER 15 1. The Vine and the Branch. (John 15:1 .) 2. Communion with Him and its Conditions.(John 15:9 .) 3. Love One Another! and the Hatred of the World. (John 15:17 .) Israel is called a vine...
JOHN 15. THE VINE. The relation of the following Chapter s to 14 has been discussed. The Parœ mia, or parable-like discourse, reminds us of the parable or metaphor of the Good Shepherd in ch. 10. Two...
ASK WHAT YE WILL, AND IT SHALL BE DONE UNTO YOU. The condition of this blessed promise is that we abide in the Vine, by having Christ's words abide in us. If we maintain thus the life union so that we...
"I am the real vine and my Father is the vine-dresser. He destroys every branch in me which does not bear fruit; and he cleanses every branch which does bear fruit, so that it may bear more fruit. You...
THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES (John 15:1-10)...
IF. App-118. WORDS sayings. Greek _rhema._ See Mark 9:32. YE SHALL ASK. All the texts read "ask". Compare John 14:13; John 14:14. Greek _aiteo._ App-134. WILL. Greek. _thelo._ App-102....
The Union of the Disciples with Christ The Allegory of the Vine The allegory of the Vine is similar in kind to that of the Door and of the Good Shepherd in chap. 10 (see introductory note there): th...
_my words_ Better, _My_ SAYINGS: see on John 15:3 and John 5:47. _ye shall ask what ye will_ The better reading gives, ASK WHATSOEVER _ye will_, in the imperative. The promise is similar to that in Jo...
ΑἸΤΉΣΑΣΘΕ for αἰτήσεσθε (influenced by γενήσεται). 7. Ὃ ἘΆΝ ΘΈΛ. ΑἸΤ. ASK WHATSOEVER _ye will_. Both in its comprehensiveness and in its limitation the promise is similar to that in John 14:13-14. One...
Ver 4. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can you, except you abide in me. 5. I am the vine, you are the branches: He that abide...
ΜΕΊΝΗΤΕ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΜΈΝΩ, _см._ John 15:4. ΘΈΛΗΤΕ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΘΈΛΩ (G2309) желать. _Conj._ выражает более общую мысль, ΑΊΤΉΣΑΣΘΕ _aor. imper. med. от_ ΑΊΤΈΩ (G154) просить; _med....
IF YE ABIDE IN ME, &C.— "If, on the contrary, you steadfastly cleave to me, and I dwell in your hearts by faith, and by means of my word, as a principle that guides and governs, quickens and establish...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS Special Study THE CHRISTIAN SYNDROME (John 15:1-17) If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my life; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. Thes...
VITAL UNION OF VINE AND BRANCHES _Text 15:1-11_ 1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh _it_ away: and every branch that bear...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 15:7-16 Below is an Analysis of the second section of John 15:— That the theme of this second section of John 15 is the same as was before us in its opening por...
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. IF YE ABIDE IN ME, AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU. Mark the change from the inhabitation of Himsel...
28 In the East they do not say, as we do, "I am going", but rather "I am going and returning" when spealctng of an ordinary journey. So the Lord assures them that He was not about to leave them perman...
15:7 ask (a-14) _ Aiteo_ . see Note a, ch. 14.16....
THE TRUE YINE. THE WITNESS OF THE COMFORTER AND OF THE APOSTLES 1-17. The allegory of the True Vine and its interpretation. The metaphor of 'the vine' was suggested by 'the fruit of the vine' which ha...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 15 JESUS TEACHES ABOUT THE *VINE AND THE BRANCHES 15:1-17 V1 Then Jesus said, ‘I am like the perfect *vine. My *Father...
IF YE ABIDE IN ME, AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU... — He is now passing from the figure, which recurs again only in John 15:8; John 15:16. We should have expected here, “and I abide in you” (John 15:4); b...
John 15:1 XII. _ THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES._ "Arise, let us go hence. I am the true Vine, and My Father is the Husbandman. Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit, He taketh it away: and every bra...
From the fate of those who do not abide in Him, Jesus turns to the results of faithful adherence ἐὰν μείνητε … ὑμῖν. The expression is altered from that of John 15:3; John 15:5, instead of “and I in y...
THE CONDITION OF FRUITFULNESS John 15:1-9 The vine is not able to do its work in the world without its branches; they stretch far from the root, to bear its strength and sweetness to those who stand...
Our Lord now uttered the great allegory of the vine. Certain words in it arrest our attention, "the vine," "the branches," "the fruit." The close interrelationship between these is emphasized, and our...
(2) If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. (2) Whoever rests in Christ's doctrine abides in him, and therefore brings forth good fruit...
On account of our being in this world, we sometimes ask for that, which is not expedient for us. But these things will not be granted us, if we remain in Christ, who never grants us any thing, unless...
CHAPTER 23 THE VALEDICTORY SERMON John 14-16. Now that the Passover meal has been enjoyed, and that celebrated Mosaic institution totally eclipsed by bloody Calvary, normally verified and abolished f...
“ _If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask what you will, and it shall be done for you._ 8. _Herein is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit, and so you shall become my disciples._ ”...
1. 15:1-17. After the words: “Let us go hence,” Jesus and the disciples left the room which had just been to them, as it were, the vestibule of the Father's house. Whither do they go? According to _We...
II. THE POSITION OF THE DISCIPLES IN THE WORLD AFTER THE OUTPOURING OF THE SPIRIT: 15:1-16:15. Jesus had just promised to His own, in ch. 14, the twofold reunion, heavenly and earthly, in which the se...
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. (2) 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 frui...
In John 15:1-27 our Lord substitutes Himself for Israel, as the plant of God, responsible to bear fruit for Him on earth (not merely for man, as such, openly sinful and lost). He takes the place of th...
7._If you abide in me. _Believers often feel that they are starved, and are very far from that rich fatness which is necessary for yielding abundant fruit. For this reason it is expressly added, whate...
The beginning of this chapter, and that which relates to the vine, belongs to the earthly portion to that which Jesus was on earth to His relationship with His disciples as on the earth, and does not...
IF YE ABIDE IN ME, AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU,.... Abiding in Christ is here explained by his words or doctrines abiding in his disciples; by which are meant his Gospel, and the truths of it. This abid...
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Ver. 7. _Ask what ye will, and it, &c._] Either in money or money's worth. If ye ask and miss i...
_If ye abide in me_, &c. Our Lord having laid before his disciples the awful consequences of falling from grace, now proceeds to point out some of the peculiar advantages which should accrue from a co...
IT SHALL BE DONE; your prayers offered according to the will of God, shall be answered....
The earnest application:...
IF YE ABIDE IN ME AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU, YE SHALL ASK WHAT YE WILL, AND IT SHALL BE DONE UNTO YOU....
THE MINISTRY OF EXHORTATION CHRIST THE TRUE VINE (vs.1-8) The Lord's ministry of comfort, or of binding up, has been seen in chapter 14. Now in chapter 15 it is that of stirring up, or of exhortatio...
1-8 Jesus Christ is the Vine, the true Vine. The union of the human and Divine natures, and the fulness of the Spirit that is in him, resemble the root of the vine made fruitful by the moisture from...
Here our Lord expounds what he meaneth by that abiding in him which he before mentioned by another phrase, AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU, my precepts and promises; so its you by faith embrace the promises...
John 15:7 If G1437 abide G3306 (G5661) in G1722 Me G1698 and G2532 My G3450 words G4487 abide...
1). JESUS IS THE NEW ISRAEL, WHICH IS TO ACT AS THE NEW WITNESS FOR GOD IN THE WORLD. IF WE WOULD ENJOY HIS BLESSING WE MUST DO SO BY LIVING CONTINUALLY IN HIM IN TRUST AND OBEDIENCE AS BRANCHES REMAI...
“If you dwell continually in me, and my words dwell continually in you, ask whatever you will and it will be done to you. In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit, and so you will beco...
We have already considered the circumstances under which the two Chapter s upon which we now enter were spoken; and, if we have been correct in the view taken of them, we are not to imagine that the f...
John 15:7. IF YE ABIDE IN ME, AND MY SAYINGS ABIDE IN YOU, ASK WHATSOEVER YE WILL, AND IT SHALL BE DONE UNTO YOU. The sudden departure in this verse from the figure which our Lord had been employing i...
ASK WHATSOEVER YE WILL (ο εαν θελητε αιτησασθε). Indefinite relative with εαν and present active subjunctive of θελω, to wish, to will, and aorist middle imperative of αιτεω, to ask. This astounding...
John 15:1. _I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman._ Not only the Mosaic law, but the whole creation is full of types of Christ. All the vines that we see in this world are only as it we...
John 15:1. _I am the true vine,_ Now we know where to find the true Church. It is to be found only in Christ and in those who are joined to him in mystical but real union: «I am the true vine,» John...
On the way from the supper table to the garden of Gethsemane, or while still lingering in the upper room, our Lord spoke this wondrous parable. John 15:1. _I am the true vine,-_ All other vines are...
John 15:1. _I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman._ All other vines were but types and shadows; Christ is the substance; God's ideal vine; «the true vine.» Israel was a vine; the figure...
John 15:1. _I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman._ If you want to know where the true Church is, Christ here tells you: «I am the true vine.» All who are in Christ are in the true Chur...
Thus speaks the Lord Jesus: John 15:1. _I am the true vine,_ Many questions have been raised about which is the true Church; the Saviour answers them, «I am the true vine.» All who are united, reall...
Many of you know the words of this chapter by heart; you could repeat them without a mistake. May the savor of them abide in your hearts even as the letter of them abides in your memory! John 15:1. _...
CONTENTS: Jesus' discourse on the vine and the branches. The believer and the world. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, disciples. CONCLUSION: Jesus is the true vine, in which the life of believers, as abiding...
John 15:1. _I am the true vine._ The vine through every age had designated the Hebrew church; here the Lord employs it to designate the Christian church, of which he is the head, and the source of lif...
THEN YOU WILL ASK FOR ANYTHING. The contingency is _"if you remain in me."_ This implies both possibility and action. THIS IS HOW MY FATHER'S GLORY IS SHOWN. This shows the role of "works." See what J...
_If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you_ THE CONDITIONS OF PREVAILING PRAYER I. WHAT IS REQUIRED OR SUPPOSED. 1. What is meant by our abiding in Him? This is called partaking of Him Hebrews 3...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 15:7 Two conditions are given for answered prayer: abiding in Jesus, and his words abiding in believers (thus transforming their thinking). ⇐...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 15:1 The OT frequently uses the vineyard or vine as a symbol for Israel, God’s covenant people. Note the two “vineyard songs” in Isaiah 1:1 ...
1-26 CHAPTER 15 VER. 1. _I am the true Vine_. The Greek has a double art. _ή άμπελος ή α̉ληθινὴ_, _the vine the true_. The Syriac is, _I am that vine of truth_. Christ here sets forth the parable of...
_If_ _ye shall abide in Me_, i.e. if ye shall persevere in My love and grace, _and My words in you_, in your memory, that you constantly call them to mind, and in your will, that you love them, and in...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 15:1. TRUE VINE.—Christ and the disciples were now on the way to Gethsemane. Their passing through the vineyards, etc., surrounding the city may have suggested th...
EXPOSITION JOHN 15:1 (7) _The parable of the vine and its branches_._ Incorporation of the disciples into one personality with himself_._ _The image of the vine may have been suggested by some visib...
Tonight let's turn now to John's gospel chapter 15, as we follow Jesus in His last hours prior to the cross. Jesus had been at the last supper with His disciples there in the upper room somewhere in J...
1 John 2:14; 1 John 2:27; 1 John 3:22; 1 John 5:14; 2 John 1:1;...
Ye shall ask [α ι τ η σ ε σ θ ε]. The best texts read the imperative, aijthsasqe, ask. Shall be done unto you [γ ε ν η σ ε τ α ι υ μ ι ν]. Literally, it shall come to pass for you....
THE HOLY GHOST John 15:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are confronted with one of the great themes of Scripture. The word "Ghost" is an old English word meaning "guest." The Holy Spirit is the Holy Ghost,...
Observe here, 1. glorious privilege declared: ASK WHAT YE WILL, AND IT SHALL BE DONE UNTO YOU. Not that we are hereby warranted to ask what we please at God's hand, but our will must be limited by the...