John 15:4 “Live in me. Make your home in me just as I do in you. In the same way that a branch can’t bear grapes by itself but only by being joined to the vine, you ca...

15:4 MSG

逐节对照

The Message - “Live in me. Make your home in me just as I do in you. In the same way that a branch can’t bear grapes by itself but only by being joined to the vine, you can’t bear fruit unless you are joined with me.
新标点和合本 - 你们要常在我里面，我也常在你们里面。枝子若不常在葡萄树上，自己就不能结果子；你们若不常在我里面，也是这样。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你们要常在我里面，我也常在你们里面。枝子若不常在葡萄树上，自己就不能结果子；你们若不常在我里面，也是这样。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你们要常在我里面，我也常在你们里面。枝子若不常在葡萄树上，自己就不能结果子；你们若不常在我里面，也是这样。
当代译本 - 你们要常在我里面，我就常在你们里面。枝子若离开葡萄树，就不能结果子。同样，你们若不常在我里面，也不能结果子。
圣经新译本 - 你们要住在我里面，我也就住在你们里面。枝子若不连在葡萄树上，自己就不能结果子；你们若不住在我里面，也是这样。
中文标准译本 - 你们当住在我里面，我就住在你们里面。枝条如果不留在葡萄树上，就不能由自己结出果子；照样，你们如果不住在我里面，你们也是如此。
现代标点和合本 - 你们要常在我里面，我也常在你们里面。枝子若不常在葡萄树上，自己就不能结果子；你们若不常在我里面，也是这样。
和合本（拼音版） - 你们要常在我里面，我也常在你们里面。枝子若不常在葡萄树上，自己就不能结果子；你们若不常在我里面，也是这样。
New International Version - Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
New International Reader's Version - Remain joined to me, just as I also remain joined to you. No branch can bear fruit by itself. It must remain joined to the vine. In the same way, you can’t bear fruit unless you remain joined to me.
English Standard Version - Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.
New Living Translation - Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.
Christian Standard Bible - Remain 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.
New American Standard Bible - Remain in Me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself but must remain in the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in Me.
New King James Version - Abide 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.
Amplified Bible - Remain in Me, and I [will remain] in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself without remaining in the vine, neither can you [bear fruit, producing evidence of your faith] unless you remain in Me.
American Standard Version - Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me.
King James Version - Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
New English Translation - Remain in me, and I will remain in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me.
World English Bible - Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
新標點和合本 - 你們要常在我裏面，我也常在你們裏面。枝子若不常在葡萄樹上，自己就不能結果子；你們若不常在我裏面，也是這樣。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你們要常在我裏面，我也常在你們裏面。枝子若不常在葡萄樹上，自己就不能結果子；你們若不常在我裏面，也是這樣。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你們要常在我裏面，我也常在你們裏面。枝子若不常在葡萄樹上，自己就不能結果子；你們若不常在我裏面，也是這樣。
當代譯本 - 你們要常在我裡面，我就常在你們裡面。枝子若離開葡萄樹，就不能結果子。同樣，你們若不常在我裡面，也不能結果子。
聖經新譯本 - 你們要住在我裡面，我也就住在你們裡面。枝子若不連在葡萄樹上，自己就不能結果子；你們若不住在我裡面，也是這樣。
呂振中譯本 - 你們要住在我裏面，我就住在你們裏面。正如枝子、若不連在葡萄樹上，憑着自己是不能結果子的；你們若不住在我裏面，也是這樣。
中文標準譯本 - 你們當住在我裡面，我就住在你們裡面。枝條如果不留在葡萄樹上，就不能由自己結出果子；照樣，你們如果不住在我裡面，你們也是如此。
現代標點和合本 - 你們要常在我裡面，我也常在你們裡面。枝子若不常在葡萄樹上，自己就不能結果子；你們若不常在我裡面，也是這樣。
文理和合譯本 - 爾宜恆在我中、我亦在爾中、若枝不恆在於樹、不能自實、爾不恆在我亦然、
文理委辦譯本 - 爾當在我、則我在爾、設枝不在葡萄樹、其實不結、爾曹不在我、亦如是、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾當在我內、我亦必在爾內、設枝不在葡萄樹、則不能結果、爾曹不在我內亦若是、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 尚望恆寓吾內、俾吾亦得恆寓爾內。枝脫樹不能結實；爾離我、亦無以結實。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Permanezcan en mí, y yo permaneceré en ustedes. Así como ninguna rama puede dar fruto por sí misma, sino que tiene que permanecer en la vid, así tampoco ustedes pueden dar fruto si no permanecen en mí.
현대인의 성경 - 내 안에서 살아라. 나도 너희 안에서 살겠다. 가지가 포도나무에 붙어 있지 않고서는 스스로 열매를 맺을 수 없듯이 너희도 내 안에 있지 않으면 열매를 맺지 못할 것이다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Будьте во Мне, и Я буду в вас. Ветвь сама по себе плодов приносить не может, если не будет на лозе. Вы тоже не сможете приносить плод, если не будете во Мне.
Восточный перевод - Будьте во Мне, и Я буду в вас. Ветвь сама по себе плодов приносить не может, если не будет на лозе. Вы тоже не сможете приносить плод, если не будете во Мне.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Будьте во Мне, и Я буду в вас. Ветвь сама по себе плодов приносить не может, если не будет на лозе. Вы тоже не сможете приносить плод, если не будете во Мне.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Будьте во Мне, и Я буду в вас. Ветвь сама по себе плодов приносить не может, если не будет на лозе. Вы тоже не сможете приносить плод, если не будете во Мне.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Demeurez en moi, et moi je demeurerai en vous. Un sarment ne saurait porter du fruit tout seul, sans demeurer attaché au cep. Il en est de même pour vous : si vous ne demeurez pas en moi, vous ne pouvez porter aucun fruit.
リビングバイブル - ですから、わたしのうちに生きるよう心がけなさい。またわたしが、あなたがたのうちに生きられるようにしなさい。枝は幹につながっていなければ、実を結べないでしょう。同じようにあなたがたも、わたしから離れたら、実を結ぶことはできません。
Nestle Aland 28 - μείνατε ἐν ἐμοί, κἀγὼ ἐν ὑμῖν. καθὼς τὸ κλῆμα οὐ δύναται καρπὸν φέρειν ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ ἐὰν μὴ μένῃ ἐν τῇ ἀμπέλῳ, οὕτως οὐδὲ ὑμεῖς ἐὰν μὴ ἐν ἐμοὶ μένητε.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - μείνατε ἐν ἐμοί, κἀγὼ ἐν ὑμῖν. καθὼς τὸ κλῆμα οὐ δύναται καρπὸν φέρειν ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ, ἐὰν μὴ μένῃ ἐν τῇ ἀμπέλῳ, οὕτως οὐδὲ ὑμεῖς, ἐὰν μὴ ἐν ἐμοὶ μένητε.
Nova Versão Internacional - Permaneçam em mim, e eu permanecerei em vocês. Nenhum ramo pode dar fruto por si mesmo se não permanecer na videira. Vocês também não podem dar fruto se não permanecerem em mim.
Hoffnung für alle - Bleibt fest mit mir verbunden, und ich werde ebenso mit euch verbunden bleiben! Denn eine Rebe kann nicht aus sich selbst heraus Früchte tragen, sondern nur, wenn sie am Weinstock hängt. Ebenso werdet auch ihr nur Frucht bringen, wenn ihr mit mir verbunden bleibt.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Các con cứ sống trong Ta, Ta sẽ sống trong các con luôn. Cành nho không thể ra trái khi lìa thân cây; cũng vậy các con không thể tự kết quả một khi lìa khỏi Ta.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - จงคงอยู่ในเราและเราจะคงอยู่ในพวกท่าน แขนงจะออกผลเองไม่ได้มันต้องติดอยู่กับเถาองุ่น ท่านทั้งหลายก็เช่นกัน จะเกิดผลเองไม่ได้นอกจากจะคงอยู่ในเรา
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - จงดำรงอยู่ในเราและเราจะดำรงอยู่ในพวกเจ้า กิ่งก้านจะให้ผลตามลำพังไม่ได้ นอกจากว่าจะติดอยู่กับเถาองุ่น พวกเจ้าจะเกิดผลเองไม่ได้ นอกจากเจ้าจะดำรงอยู่ในเรา

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Song of Songs 8:5 - Who is this I see coming up from the country, arm in arm with her lover? I found you under the apricot tree, and woke you up to love. Your mother went into labor under that tree, and under that very tree she bore you.
Jude 1:20 - But you, dear friends, carefully build yourselves up in this most holy faith by praying in the Holy Spirit, staying right at the center of God’s love, keeping your arms open and outstretched, ready for the mercy of our Master, Jesus Christ. This is the unending life, the real life!
John 6:68 - Peter replied, “Master, to whom would we go? You have the words of real life, eternal life. We’ve already committed ourselves, confident that you are the Holy One of God.”
2 Corinthians 13:5 - Test yourselves to make sure you are solid in the faith. Don’t drift along taking everything for granted. Give yourselves regular checkups. You need firsthand evidence, not mere hearsay, that Jesus Christ is in you. Test it out. If you fail the test, do something about it. I hope the test won’t show that we have failed. But if it comes to that, we’d rather the test showed our failure than yours. We’re rooting for the truth to win out in you. We couldn’t possibly do otherwise. We don’t just put up with our limitations; we celebrate them, and then go on to celebrate every strength, every triumph of the truth in you. We pray hard that it will all come together in your lives.
Colossians 2:6 - My counsel for you is simple and straightforward: Just go ahead with what you’ve been given. You received Christ Jesus, the Master; now live him. You’re deeply rooted in him. You’re well constructed upon him. You know your way around the faith. Now do what you’ve been taught. School’s out; quit studying the subject and start living it! And let your living spill over into thanksgiving.
Luke 8:15 - “But the seed in the good earth—these are the good-hearts who seize the Word and hold on no matter what, sticking with it until there’s a harvest.
Romans 8:9 - But if God himself has taken up residence in your life, you can hardly be thinking more of yourself than of him. Anyone, of course, who has not welcomed this invisible but clearly present God, the Spirit of Christ, won’t know what we’re talking about. But for you who welcome him, in whom he dwells—even though you still experience all the limitations of sin—you yourself experience life on God’s terms. It stands to reason, doesn’t it, that if the alive-and-present God who raised Jesus from the dead moves into your life, he’ll do the same thing in you that he did in Jesus, bringing you alive to himself? When God lives and breathes in you (and he does, as surely as he did in Jesus), you are delivered from that dead life. With his Spirit living in you, your body will be as alive as Christ’s!
Ezekiel 15:4 - “I don’t think so. At best it’s good for fuel. Look at it: A flimsy piece of vine, thrown in the fire and then rescued—the ends burned off and the middle charred. Now is it good for anything?
Ezekiel 15:5 - “Hardly. When it was whole it wasn’t good for anything. Half-burned is no improvement. What’s it good for?
John 15:5 - “I am the Vine, you are the branches. When you’re joined with me and I with you, the relation intimate and organic, the harvest is sure to be abundant. Separated, you can’t produce a thing. Anyone who separates from me is deadwood, gathered up and thrown on the bonfire. But if you make yourselves at home with me and my words are at home in you, you can be sure that whatever you ask will be listened to and acted upon. This is how my Father shows who he is—when you produce grapes, when you mature as my disciples.
1 John 2:24 - Stay with what you heard from the beginning, the original message. Let it sink into your life. If what you heard from the beginning lives deeply in you, you will live deeply in both Son and Father. This is exactly what Christ promised: eternal life, real life!
1 John 2:26 - I’ve written to warn you about those who are trying to deceive you. But they’re no match for what is embedded deeply within you—Christ’s anointing, no less! You don’t need any of their so-called teaching. Christ’s anointing teaches you the truth on everything you need to know about yourself and him, uncontaminated by a single lie. Live deeply in what you were taught.
1 John 2:28 - And now, children, stay with Christ. Live deeply in Christ. Then we’ll be ready for him when he appears, ready to receive him with open arms, with no cause for red-faced guilt or lame excuses when he arrives.
John 8:31 - Then Jesus turned to the Jews who had claimed to believe in him. “If you stick with this, living out what I tell you, you are my disciples for sure. Then you will experience for yourselves the truth, and the truth will free you.”

逐节对照

交叉引用

The Message - “Live in me. Make your home in me just as I do in you. In the same way that a branch can’t bear grapes by itself but only by being joined to the vine, you can’t bear fruit unless you are joined with me.
新标点和合本 - 你们要常在我里面，我也常在你们里面。枝子若不常在葡萄树上，自己就不能结果子；你们若不常在我里面，也是这样。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你们要常在我里面，我也常在你们里面。枝子若不常在葡萄树上，自己就不能结果子；你们若不常在我里面，也是这样。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你们要常在我里面，我也常在你们里面。枝子若不常在葡萄树上，自己就不能结果子；你们若不常在我里面，也是这样。
当代译本 - 你们要常在我里面，我就常在你们里面。枝子若离开葡萄树，就不能结果子。同样，你们若不常在我里面，也不能结果子。
圣经新译本 - 你们要住在我里面，我也就住在你们里面。枝子若不连在葡萄树上，自己就不能结果子；你们若不住在我里面，也是这样。
中文标准译本 - 你们当住在我里面，我就住在你们里面。枝条如果不留在葡萄树上，就不能由自己结出果子；照样，你们如果不住在我里面，你们也是如此。
现代标点和合本 - 你们要常在我里面，我也常在你们里面。枝子若不常在葡萄树上，自己就不能结果子；你们若不常在我里面，也是这样。
和合本（拼音版） - 你们要常在我里面，我也常在你们里面。枝子若不常在葡萄树上，自己就不能结果子；你们若不常在我里面，也是这样。
New International Version - Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
New International Reader's Version - Remain joined to me, just as I also remain joined to you. No branch can bear fruit by itself. It must remain joined to the vine. In the same way, you can’t bear fruit unless you remain joined to me.
English Standard Version - Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.
New Living Translation - Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.
Christian Standard Bible - Remain 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.
New American Standard Bible - Remain in Me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself but must remain in the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in Me.
New King James Version - Abide 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.
Amplified Bible - Remain in Me, and I [will remain] in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself without remaining in the vine, neither can you [bear fruit, producing evidence of your faith] unless you remain in Me.
American Standard Version - Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me.
King James Version - Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
New English Translation - Remain in me, and I will remain in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me.
World English Bible - Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
新標點和合本 - 你們要常在我裏面，我也常在你們裏面。枝子若不常在葡萄樹上，自己就不能結果子；你們若不常在我裏面，也是這樣。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你們要常在我裏面，我也常在你們裏面。枝子若不常在葡萄樹上，自己就不能結果子；你們若不常在我裏面，也是這樣。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你們要常在我裏面，我也常在你們裏面。枝子若不常在葡萄樹上，自己就不能結果子；你們若不常在我裏面，也是這樣。
當代譯本 - 你們要常在我裡面，我就常在你們裡面。枝子若離開葡萄樹，就不能結果子。同樣，你們若不常在我裡面，也不能結果子。
聖經新譯本 - 你們要住在我裡面，我也就住在你們裡面。枝子若不連在葡萄樹上，自己就不能結果子；你們若不住在我裡面，也是這樣。
呂振中譯本 - 你們要住在我裏面，我就住在你們裏面。正如枝子、若不連在葡萄樹上，憑着自己是不能結果子的；你們若不住在我裏面，也是這樣。
中文標準譯本 - 你們當住在我裡面，我就住在你們裡面。枝條如果不留在葡萄樹上，就不能由自己結出果子；照樣，你們如果不住在我裡面，你們也是如此。
現代標點和合本 - 你們要常在我裡面，我也常在你們裡面。枝子若不常在葡萄樹上，自己就不能結果子；你們若不常在我裡面，也是這樣。
文理和合譯本 - 爾宜恆在我中、我亦在爾中、若枝不恆在於樹、不能自實、爾不恆在我亦然、
文理委辦譯本 - 爾當在我、則我在爾、設枝不在葡萄樹、其實不結、爾曹不在我、亦如是、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾當在我內、我亦必在爾內、設枝不在葡萄樹、則不能結果、爾曹不在我內亦若是、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 尚望恆寓吾內、俾吾亦得恆寓爾內。枝脫樹不能結實；爾離我、亦無以結實。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Permanezcan en mí, y yo permaneceré en ustedes. Así como ninguna rama puede dar fruto por sí misma, sino que tiene que permanecer en la vid, así tampoco ustedes pueden dar fruto si no permanecen en mí.
현대인의 성경 - 내 안에서 살아라. 나도 너희 안에서 살겠다. 가지가 포도나무에 붙어 있지 않고서는 스스로 열매를 맺을 수 없듯이 너희도 내 안에 있지 않으면 열매를 맺지 못할 것이다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Будьте во Мне, и Я буду в вас. Ветвь сама по себе плодов приносить не может, если не будет на лозе. Вы тоже не сможете приносить плод, если не будете во Мне.
Восточный перевод - Будьте во Мне, и Я буду в вас. Ветвь сама по себе плодов приносить не может, если не будет на лозе. Вы тоже не сможете приносить плод, если не будете во Мне.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Будьте во Мне, и Я буду в вас. Ветвь сама по себе плодов приносить не может, если не будет на лозе. Вы тоже не сможете приносить плод, если не будете во Мне.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Будьте во Мне, и Я буду в вас. Ветвь сама по себе плодов приносить не может, если не будет на лозе. Вы тоже не сможете приносить плод, если не будете во Мне.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Demeurez en moi, et moi je demeurerai en vous. Un sarment ne saurait porter du fruit tout seul, sans demeurer attaché au cep. Il en est de même pour vous : si vous ne demeurez pas en moi, vous ne pouvez porter aucun fruit.
リビングバイブル - ですから、わたしのうちに生きるよう心がけなさい。またわたしが、あなたがたのうちに生きられるようにしなさい。枝は幹につながっていなければ、実を結べないでしょう。同じようにあなたがたも、わたしから離れたら、実を結ぶことはできません。
Nestle Aland 28 - μείνατε ἐν ἐμοί, κἀγὼ ἐν ὑμῖν. καθὼς τὸ κλῆμα οὐ δύναται καρπὸν φέρειν ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ ἐὰν μὴ μένῃ ἐν τῇ ἀμπέλῳ, οὕτως οὐδὲ ὑμεῖς ἐὰν μὴ ἐν ἐμοὶ μένητε.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - μείνατε ἐν ἐμοί, κἀγὼ ἐν ὑμῖν. καθὼς τὸ κλῆμα οὐ δύναται καρπὸν φέρειν ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ, ἐὰν μὴ μένῃ ἐν τῇ ἀμπέλῳ, οὕτως οὐδὲ ὑμεῖς, ἐὰν μὴ ἐν ἐμοὶ μένητε.
Nova Versão Internacional - Permaneçam em mim, e eu permanecerei em vocês. Nenhum ramo pode dar fruto por si mesmo se não permanecer na videira. Vocês também não podem dar fruto se não permanecerem em mim.
Hoffnung für alle - Bleibt fest mit mir verbunden, und ich werde ebenso mit euch verbunden bleiben! Denn eine Rebe kann nicht aus sich selbst heraus Früchte tragen, sondern nur, wenn sie am Weinstock hängt. Ebenso werdet auch ihr nur Frucht bringen, wenn ihr mit mir verbunden bleibt.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Các con cứ sống trong Ta, Ta sẽ sống trong các con luôn. Cành nho không thể ra trái khi lìa thân cây; cũng vậy các con không thể tự kết quả một khi lìa khỏi Ta.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - จงคงอยู่ในเราและเราจะคงอยู่ในพวกท่าน แขนงจะออกผลเองไม่ได้มันต้องติดอยู่กับเถาองุ่น ท่านทั้งหลายก็เช่นกัน จะเกิดผลเองไม่ได้นอกจากจะคงอยู่ในเรา
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - จงดำรงอยู่ในเราและเราจะดำรงอยู่ในพวกเจ้า กิ่งก้านจะให้ผลตามลำพังไม่ได้ นอกจากว่าจะติดอยู่กับเถาองุ่น พวกเจ้าจะเกิดผลเองไม่ได้ นอกจากเจ้าจะดำรงอยู่ในเรา

Song of Songs 8:5 - Who is this I see coming up from the country, arm in arm with her lover? I found you under the apricot tree, and woke you up to love. Your mother went into labor under that tree, and under that very tree she bore you.
Jude 1:20 - But you, dear friends, carefully build yourselves up in this most holy faith by praying in the Holy Spirit, staying right at the center of God’s love, keeping your arms open and outstretched, ready for the mercy of our Master, Jesus Christ. This is the unending life, the real life!
John 6:68 - Peter replied, “Master, to whom would we go? You have the words of real life, eternal life. We’ve already committed ourselves, confident that you are the Holy One of God.”
2 Corinthians 13:5 - Test yourselves to make sure you are solid in the faith. Don’t drift along taking everything for granted. Give yourselves regular checkups. You need firsthand evidence, not mere hearsay, that Jesus Christ is in you. Test it out. If you fail the test, do something about it. I hope the test won’t show that we have failed. But if it comes to that, we’d rather the test showed our failure than yours. We’re rooting for the truth to win out in you. We couldn’t possibly do otherwise. We don’t just put up with our limitations; we celebrate them, and then go on to celebrate every strength, every triumph of the truth in you. We pray hard that it will all come together in your lives.
Colossians 2:6 - My counsel for you is simple and straightforward: Just go ahead with what you’ve been given. You received Christ Jesus, the Master; now live him. You’re deeply rooted in him. You’re well constructed upon him. You know your way around the faith. Now do what you’ve been taught. School’s out; quit studying the subject and start living it! And let your living spill over into thanksgiving.
Luke 8:15 - “But the seed in the good earth—these are the good-hearts who seize the Word and hold on no matter what, sticking with it until there’s a harvest.
Romans 8:9 - But if God himself has taken up residence in your life, you can hardly be thinking more of yourself than of him. Anyone, of course, who has not welcomed this invisible but clearly present God, the Spirit of Christ, won’t know what we’re talking about. But for you who welcome him, in whom he dwells—even though you still experience all the limitations of sin—you yourself experience life on God’s terms. It stands to reason, doesn’t it, that if the alive-and-present God who raised Jesus from the dead moves into your life, he’ll do the same thing in you that he did in Jesus, bringing you alive to himself? When God lives and breathes in you (and he does, as surely as he did in Jesus), you are delivered from that dead life. With his Spirit living in you, your body will be as alive as Christ’s!
Ezekiel 15:4 - “I don’t think so. At best it’s good for fuel. Look at it: A flimsy piece of vine, thrown in the fire and then rescued—the ends burned off and the middle charred. Now is it good for anything?
Ezekiel 15:5 - “Hardly. When it was whole it wasn’t good for anything. Half-burned is no improvement. What’s it good for?
John 15:5 - “I am the Vine, you are the branches. When you’re joined with me and I with you, the relation intimate and organic, the harvest is sure to be abundant. Separated, you can’t produce a thing. Anyone who separates from me is deadwood, gathered up and thrown on the bonfire. But if you make yourselves at home with me and my words are at home in you, you can be sure that whatever you ask will be listened to and acted upon. This is how my Father shows who he is—when you produce grapes, when you mature as my disciples.
1 John 2:24 - Stay with what you heard from the beginning, the original message. Let it sink into your life. If what you heard from the beginning lives deeply in you, you will live deeply in both Son and Father. This is exactly what Christ promised: eternal life, real life!
1 John 2:26 - I’ve written to warn you about those who are trying to deceive you. But they’re no match for what is embedded deeply within you—Christ’s anointing, no less! You don’t need any of their so-called teaching. Christ’s anointing teaches you the truth on everything you need to know about yourself and him, uncontaminated by a single lie. Live deeply in what you were taught.
1 John 2:28 - And now, children, stay with Christ. Live deeply in Christ. Then we’ll be ready for him when he appears, ready to receive him with open arms, with no cause for red-faced guilt or lame excuses when he arrives.
John 8:31 - Then Jesus turned to the Jews who had claimed to believe in him. “If you stick with this, living out what I tell you, you are my disciples for sure. Then you will experience for yourselves the truth, and the truth will free you.”