John 15:4

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Summary

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.

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2 Corinthians 12:8

Galatians 2:20

Philippians 1:11

Bible References

Abide

But Simon Peter answered: "Master, to whom shall we go? Immortal Life is in your teaching;

So Jesus went on to say to those Jews who had believed him: "If you remain constant to my Message, you are truly my disciples;

But by that in the good ground are meant those who, having heard the Message, keep it in the good, rich soil of their hearts, and patiently yield a return.

On coming there he saw to his great joy these tokens of the loving-kindness of God, and encouraged them all to make up their minds to be faithful to the Lord--

Reassuring the minds of the disciples, urging them to remain true to the Faith, and showing that it is only through many troubles that we can enter the Kingdom of God.

I have been crucified with Christ. So it is no longer I that live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and, as for my present earthly life, I am living it by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

If only you remain true to your Faith, firm and immovable, never abandoning the hope held out in the Good News to which you listened, which has been proclaimed among all created things under Heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

Since, therefore, you have received Jesus, the Christ, as your Lord, live your lives in union with him--

Therefore, since I could no longer endure the uncertainty, I sent to make inquiries about your faith, fearing that the Tempter had tempted you, and that our toil might prove to have been in vain.

But we do not belong to those who draw back, to their Ruin, but to those who have faith, to the saving of their souls.

He who professes to maintain union with God is himself bound to live as Christ lived.

Every one who goes beyond the limits of the Teaching of the Christ has failed to find God; the man who keeps to that Teaching--he has found both the Father and the Son.

But do you, dear friends, build up your characters on the foundation of your most holy Faith, pray under the guidance of the Holy Spirit,

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He who takes my flesh for his food, and drinks my blood, remains united to me, and I to him.

Put yourselves to the proof, to see whether you are holding to the Faith. Test yourselves. Surely you recognize this fact about yourselves--that Jesus Christ is in you! Unless indeed you cannot stand the test!

So that the Christ, through your faith, may make his home within your hearts in love; And I pray that you, now firmly rooted and established, may, with all Christ's People,

To whom it was his pleasure to make known the surpassing glory of that hidden Truth when proclaimed among the Gentiles--'Christ among you! Your Hope of glory!'

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About this I three times entreated the Lord, praying that it might leave me.

Bearing a rich harvest of that righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.