John 15:6

John 15:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.
• English Standard Version (ESV)If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.

Context of John 15:6

4Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. 5“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. 8By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.

John 15:6 word by word

ἐὰν μή τις μένῃ ἐν ἐμοί, ἐβλήθη ἔξω ὡς τὸ κλῆμα καὶ ἐξηράνθη, καὶ συνάγουσιν αὐτὰ καὶ εἰς τὸ πῦρ βάλλουσιν, καὶ καίεται.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• a manτιςtis · oneG5100
• abideμένωmenō · to stayG3306
• notμήmē · notG3361
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• he is castβάλλωballō · to throw: throwG906
• forthἔξωexō · out/outside(r)G1854
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• a branchὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• a branchκλῆμαklēma · branchG2814
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• is witheredξηραίνωxērainō · to dryG3583
• men gatherσυνάγωsunagō · to assembleG4863
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the fireπῦρpur · fireG4442
• they are burnedκαίωkaiō · to kindle/burnG2545

Cross-references for John 15:6

• Job 15:30He will not depart from darkness; The flame will dry out his branches, And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
• Psalms 80:15And the vineyard which Your right hand has planted, And the branch that You made strong for Yourself.
• Isaiah 14:19But you are cast out of your grave Like an abominable branch, Like the garment of those who are slain, Thrust through with a sword, Who go down to the stones of the pit, Like a corpse trodden underfoot.
• Isaiah 27:10Yet the fortified city will be desolate, The habitation forsaken and left like a wilderness; There the calf will feed, and there it will lie down And consume its branches.
• Ezekiel 15:3Is wood taken from it to make any object? Or can men make a peg from it to hang any vessel on?
• Ezekiel 17:9“Say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Will it thrive? Will he not pull up its roots, Cut off its fruit, And leave it to wither? All of its spring leaves will wither, And no great power or many people Will be needed to pluck it up by its roots.
• Ezekiel 19:12But she was plucked up in fury, She was cast down to the ground, And the east wind dried her fruit. Her strong branches were broken and withered; The fire consumed them.
• Matthew 3:10And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
• Matthew 7:19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
• Matthew 13:41The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness,
• Matthew 27:5Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed, and went and hanged himself.
• Hebrews 6:7For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God;
• Hebrews 10:27but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries.
• 2 Peter 2:20For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning.
• 1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.
• Jude 1:12These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots;

Commentaries on John 15:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6If a man abide not in me - Our Lord in the plainest manner intimates that a person may as truly be united to him as the branch is to the tree that produces it, and yet be afterwards cut off and cast into the fire; because he has not brought forth fruit to the glory of his God. No man can cut off a branch from a tree to which that branch was never united: it is absurd, and contrary to the letter and spirit of the metaphor, to talk of being seemingly in…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6If 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 dependence on him. This doubtless refers to those who are professors of religion, but who have never known anything of true and real connection with him. Is cast forth - See the notes at John 15:2. Also Matthew 8:12; Matthew 22:13. Is withered - Is dried up. A branch cut off withers. So of a soul unconnected with Christ…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6\Anyone who does not remain in Christ is separated from the vine and its life. A living branch produces clusters of grapes (15:5). Connection with the vine allows the life of Jesus to flow fruitfully through the disciple. Those who claim to be attached to Christ but yield no fruit are useless and will be burned.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 15:6

• Apostasy
• Backsliders
• Branch
• Church
• Contingencies
• Fellowship
• Hypocrisy
• Jesus, the Christ
• Pruning
• Righteous
• Unfruitfulness
• Works

In the dictionaries

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