John 15:3

John 15:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
• New International Version (NIV)You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

Context of John 15:3

1“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2Every branch in me that does not produce fruit he removes, and he prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4Remain in me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me. 5I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without me.

John 15:3 word by word

ἤδη ὑμεῖς καθαροί ἐστε διὰ τὸν λόγον ὃν λελάληκα ὑμῖν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Nowἤδηēdē · alreadyG2235
• yeσύsu · youG4771
• areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• cleanκαθαρόςkatharos · cleanG2513
• throughδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• the wordὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• I have spokenλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980

Cross-references for John 15:3

• John 13:10“One who has bathed,” Jesus told him, “doesn’t need to wash anything except his feet, but he is completely clean. You are clean, but not all of you.”
• John 17:17Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.
• Ephesians 5:26to make her holy, cleansing her with the washing of water by the word.
• 1 Peter 1:22Since you have purified yourselves by your obedience to the truth, so that you show sincere brotherly love for each other, from a pure heart love one another constantly,

Commentaries on John 15:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Now ye are clean - , Ye are pruned. As our Lord has not changed the metaphor, it would be wrong to change the expression. Through the word - , Through that word - that doctrine of holiness which I have incessantly preached unto you, and which ye have received. Perhaps our Lord more immediately refers here to the words which he had spoken concerning Judas, John 13:21-30, in consequence of which Judas went out and finished his bargain with the chief…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Now ye are clean - Still keeping up the figure ́ katharoiIt does not mean that they were perfect, but that they had been under a process of purifying by his instructions all the time he had been with them. He had removed their erroneous notions of the Messiah; he had gradually reclaimed them from their fond and foolish views respecting earthly honors; he had taught them to be willing to forsake all things; and he had so trained and disciplined them that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3Gardeners cut away dead branches and trim healthy branches so they will produce more fruit. Fruitfulness is the result of life-giving connection to the vine.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271-8. The spiritual oneness of Christ and His people, and His relation to them as the Source of all their spiritual life and fruitfulness, are here beautifully set forth by a figure familiar to Jewish ears (Is 5:1, &c.). I am the true vine--of whom the vine of nature is but a shadow. my Father is the husbandman--the great Proprietor of the vineyard, the Lord of the spiritual kingdom. (It is surely unnecessary to point out the claim to supreme divinity…Read the comment

Topics related to John 15:3

• Branch
• Church
• Fellowship
• Grape
• Jesus Continued
• Pruning
• Regeneration
• Righteous
• Vine
• Word of God
• Works

In the dictionaries

• Cloke
• Herein
• Atonement
• Comforter
• Communion; (fellowship)
• Holy Spirit
• Jesus Christ
• Johannine Theology
• John, Gospel of
• John, the Epistles of

Commentaries on John 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings