John 15:6

Following Jesus Judgment

⁴ Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.

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.

If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.

⁷ If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

⁸ This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
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.
WEB: If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
ASV: If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
DARBY: Unless any one abide in me he is cast out as the branch, and is dried up; and they gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
BLB: If anyone does not remain in Me, he is thrown out like the branch and is dried up; and they gather them and cast [them] into the fire, and they are burned.

ÅB: Om noen ikke blir i meg, da kastes han ut som en gren og visner, og de sankes sammen og kastes på ilden, og de brenner.
OTB: Hvis noen ikke blir i meg, er de som en gren som blir kastet bort og visner; slike grener samles, kastes på ilden og brennes.
B1930: Om nogen ikke blir i mig, da kastes han ut som en gren og visner, og de sankes sammen og kastes på ilden, og de brenner.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Matthew 7:19
Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
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Hebrews 6:7–8
For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God.
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Matthew 13:41
The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.
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John 15:2
He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.
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Matthew 3:10
The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
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2 Peter 2:20
If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.
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Hebrews 10:27
but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.
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Ezekiel 19:12–14
But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them.
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