John 15:5
I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
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ASV
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.
KJV
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.
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Commentary
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25 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐγώ | egō | I myself | G1473 → |
| εἰμι | eimi | am | G1510 → |
| ἡ | hē | the | G3588 → |
| ἄμπελος, | ampelos | vine, | G288 → |
| ὑμεῖς | humeis | you [are] | G4771 → |
| τὰ | ta | the | G3588 → |
| κλήματα. | klēmata | branches. | G2814 → |
| ὁ | ho | The [one] | G3588 → |
| μένων | menōn | abiding | G3306 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| ἐμοὶ | emoi | Me myself | G1473 → |
| κἀγὼ | kagō | and I myself | G1473 →G2532 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| αὐτῷ, | autō | him, | G846 → |
| οὗτος | houtos | he | G3778 → |
| φέρει | pherei | bears | G5342 → |
| καρπὸν | karpon | fruit | G2590 → |
| πολύν· | polun | much; | G4183 → |
| ὅτι | hoti | For | G3754 → |
| χωρὶς | chōris | apart from | G5565 → |
| ἐμοῦ | emou | Me | G1473 → |
| οὐ | ou | not | G3756 → |
| δύνασθε | dunasthe | you are able | G1410 → |
| ποιεῖν | poiein | to do | G4160 → |
| οὐδέν. | ouden | no [thing]. | G3762 → |
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