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Selected Verse: John 15:6 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 15:6 |
Strong Concordance |
If [3362] a man [5100] abide [3306] not [3362] in [1722] me [1698], he is cast [906] forth [1854] as [5613] a branch [2814], and [2532] is withered [3583]; and [2532] men gather [4863] them [846], and [2532] cast [906] them into [1519] the fire [4442], and [2532] they are burned [2545]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch . . . withered . . . cast into the fire . . . burned--The one proper use of the vine is to bear fruit; failing this, it is good for one other thing--fuel. (See Eze 15:1-5). How awfully striking the figure, in this view of it! |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
If a man, abide not in me - See Joh 15:4. If a man is not truly united to him by faith, and does not live with a continual sense of his dependence on him. This doubtless refers to those who are professors of religion, but who have never known anything of true and real connection with him.
Is cast forth - See the notes at Joh 15:2. Also Mat 8:12; Mat 22:13.
Is withered - Is dried up. A branch cut off withers. So of a soul unconnected with Christ, however fair it may have appeared. and however flourishing when a profession of religion was first made, yet when it is tried, and it is seen that there was no true grace, everything withers and dies. The zeal languishes, the professed love is gone, prayer is neglected, the sanctuary is forsaken, and the soul becomes like a withered branch reserved for the fire of the last great day. See a beautiful illustration of this in Eze 15:1-8.
Men gather them - The word "men" is not in the original, and should not have been in the translation. The Greek is "they gather them," a form of expression denoting simply they are gathered, without specifying by whom it is done. From Mat 13:40-42, it seems that it will be done by the angels. The expression means, as the withered and useless branches of trees are gathered for fuel, so shall it be with all hypocrites and false professors of religion.
Are burned - See Mat 13:42. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
He is cast forth (ἐβλήθη ἔξω)
The aorist tense. Literally, was cast forth. The aorist, denoting a momentary act, indicates that it was cast forth at the moment it ceased to abide in the vine. Forth signifies from the vineyard; ἔξω, outside.
As a branch (ὠς τὸ κλῆμα)
Strictly, the branch: the unfruitful branch.
Is withered (ἐξηράνθη)
The aorist, as in was cast forth. Wyc, shall wax dry.
Men gather
Or, as Rev., they gather. Indefinite. Compare Isa 27:11; Eze 15:5. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| If any one abide not in me - By living faith; not by Church communion only. He may thus abide in Christ, and be withered all the time, and cast into the fire at last. He is cast out - Of the vineyard, the invisible Church. Therefore he was in it once. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
If a man abide not in me - Our Lord in the plainest manner intimates that a person may as truly be united to him as the branch is to the tree that produces it, and yet be afterwards cut off and cast into the fire; because he has not brought forth fruit to the glory of his God. No man can cut off a branch from a tree to which that branch was never united: it is absurd, and contrary to the letter and spirit of the metaphor, to talk of being seemingly in Christ - because this means nothing. If there was only a seeming union, there could be only a seeming excision: so the matter is just where it began; nothing is done on either side, and nothing said to any purpose.
He is cast forth - Observe, that person who abides not in Christ, in a believing loving, obedient spirit, is -
1. Cut off from Jesus, having no longer any right or title to him or to his salvation.
2. He is withered - deprived of all the influences of God's grace and Spirit; loses all his heavenly unction; becomes indifferent, cold, and dead to every holy and spiritual word and work.
3. He is gathered - becomes (through the judgment of God) again united with backsliders like himself and other workers of iniquity; and, being abandoned to his own heart and Satan, he is,
4. Cast into the fire - separated from God's people, from God himself, and from the glory of his power. And,
5. He is burned - is eternally tormented with the devil and his angels, and with all those who have lived and died in their iniquity. Reader! pray God that this may never be thy portion. |
1 And the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto me, saying [0559],
2 Son [01121] of man [0120], What is the vine [01612] tree [06086] more than any tree [06086], or than a branch [02156] which is among the trees [06086] of the forest [03293]?
3 Shall wood [06086] be taken [03947] thereof to do [06213] any work [04399]? or will men take [03947] a pin [03489] of it to hang [08518] any vessel [03627] thereon?
4 Behold, it is cast [05414] into the fire [0784] for fuel [0402]; the fire [0784] devoureth [0398] both [08147] the ends [07098] of it, and the midst [08432] of it is burned [02787]. Is it meet [06743] for any work [04399]?
5 Behold, when it was whole [08549], it was meet [06213] for no work [04399]: how much less shall it be meet [06213] yet for any work [04399], when the fire [0784] hath devoured [0398] it, and it is burned [02787]?
42 And [2532] shall cast [906] them [846] into [1519] a furnace [2575] of fire [4442]: there [1563] shall be [2071] wailing [2805] and [2532] gnashing [1030] of teeth [3599].
40 As [5618] therefore [3767] the tares [2215] are gathered [4816] and [2532] burned [2618] in the fire [4442]; so [3779] shall it be [2071] in [1722] the end [4930] of this [5127] world [165].
41 The Son [5207] of man [444] shall send forth [649] his [846] angels [32], and [2532] they shall gather [4816] out of [1537] his [846] kingdom [932] all things [3956] that offend [4625], and [2532] them which do [4160] iniquity [458];
42 And [2532] shall cast [906] them [846] into [1519] a furnace [2575] of fire [4442]: there [1563] shall be [2071] wailing [2805] and [2532] gnashing [1030] of teeth [3599].
1 And the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto me, saying [0559],
2 Son [01121] of man [0120], What is the vine [01612] tree [06086] more than any tree [06086], or than a branch [02156] which is among the trees [06086] of the forest [03293]?
3 Shall wood [06086] be taken [03947] thereof to do [06213] any work [04399]? or will men take [03947] a pin [03489] of it to hang [08518] any vessel [03627] thereon?
4 Behold, it is cast [05414] into the fire [0784] for fuel [0402]; the fire [0784] devoureth [0398] both [08147] the ends [07098] of it, and the midst [08432] of it is burned [02787]. Is it meet [06743] for any work [04399]?
5 Behold, when it was whole [08549], it was meet [06213] for no work [04399]: how much less shall it be meet [06213] yet for any work [04399], when the fire [0784] hath devoured [0398] it, and it is burned [02787]?
6 Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; As the vine [01612] tree [06086] among the trees [06086] of the forest [03293], which I have given [05414] to the fire [0784] for fuel [0402], so will I give [05414] the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389].
7 And I will set [05414] my face [06440] against them; they shall go out [03318] from one fire [0784], and another fire [0784] shall devour [0398] them; and ye shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068], when I set [07760] my face [06440] against them.
8 And I will make [05414] the land [0776] desolate [08077], because they have committed [04603] a trespass [04604], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069].
13 Then [5119] said [2036] the king [935] to the servants [1249], Bind [1210] him [846] hand [5495] and [2532] foot [4228], and take [142] him [846] away [142], and [2532] cast [1544] him into [1519] outer [1857] darkness [4655]; there [1563] shall be [2071] weeping [2805] and [2532] gnashing [1030] of teeth [3599].
12 But [1161] the children [5207] of the kingdom [932] shall be cast out [1544] into [1519] outer [1857] darkness [4655]: there [1563] shall be [2071] weeping [2805] and [2532] gnashing [1030] of teeth [3599].
2 Every [3956] branch [2814] in [1722] me [1698] that [846] beareth [5342] not [3361] fruit [2590] he taketh away [142]: and [2532] every [3956] branch that beareth [5342] fruit [2590], he purgeth [2508] it [846], that [2443] it may bring forth [5342] more [4119] fruit [2590].
4 Abide [3306] in [1722] me [1698], and I [2504] in [1722] you [5213]. As [2531] the branch [2814] cannot [3756] [1410] bear [5342] fruit [2590] of [575] itself [1438], except [3362] it abide [3306] in [1722] the vine [288]; no more [3761] [3779] can ye [5210], except [3362] ye abide [3306] in [1722] me [1698].
5 Behold, when it was whole [08549], it was meet [06213] for no work [04399]: how much less shall it be meet [06213] yet for any work [04399], when the fire [0784] hath devoured [0398] it, and it is burned [02787]?
11 When the boughs [07105] thereof are withered [03001], they shall be broken off [07665]: the women [0802] come [0935], and set them on fire [0215]: for it is a people [05971] of no understanding [0998]: therefore he that made [06213] them will not have mercy [07355] on them, and he that formed [03335] them will shew them no favour [02603].