John 15:3 BSB — MannaFest

John 15:3

You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

BSB

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ASV

Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you.

KJV

Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

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Commentary

6 voices

Basil of Caesarea

ON THE HOLY SPIRIT 22.53 (379)

The world, that is, life enslaved by the affections of the flesh, can no more receive the grace of the Spirit than a weak eye the light of a sunbeam. But the Lord, who by his teaching bore witness to purity of life, gives to his disciples the power of now both beholding and contemplating the Spirit. For "now," he says, "you are clean through the word that I have spoken to you," wherefore "the world cannot receive him, because it does not see him … but you know him. For he dwells with you."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Ye are clean - All of you, to whom I now speak, are purged from the guilt and power of sin; by the word - Which, applied by the Spirit, is the grand instrument of purifying the soul.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The word of Christ is a distinguishing word, and separates between the precious and the vile; it will purify the church of the first-born in the great dividing day. [2.] They were each of them clean, that is, sanctified, by the truth of Christ ( ch. xvii. 17 ); that faith by which they received the word of Christ purified their hearts, Acts xv.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Now ye are clean - Still keeping up the figure καθαροί katharoi. It 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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Now--rather, "Already." ye are clean through--by reason of. the word I have spoken to you--already in a purified, fruitful condition, in consequence of the long action upon them of that searching "word" which was "as a refiner's fire" (Mal 3:2, 3).

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἤδη	ēdē	Already	G2235 →
ὑμεῖς	humeis	you yourselves	G4771 →
καθαροί	katharoi	clean	G2513 →
ἐστε	este	are	G1510 →
διὰ	dia	because of	G1223 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
λόγον	logon	word	G3056 →
ὃν	hon	that	G3739 →
λελάληκα	lelalēka	I have spoken	G2980 →
ὑμῖν.¶	humin	to you.	G4771 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ephesians 5:26
to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
leads to
- Hebrews 10:22
  let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
- Ezekiel 36:25
  I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- John 3:5
  Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
- John 17:17–19
  Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.
Through
John 17:17
Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.
leads to
- Psalms 119:160
  The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.
- Ephesians 5:26
  to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
- 1 Peter 1:22–23
  Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
Through
1 Peter 1:22
Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
leads to
- 1 Timothy 1:5
  The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About John

Where the connections lead

The record, by era

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About John