Joh 15:4-5, 8, Eph 1:8, 12, 14, 2:10, Col 1:6 | ISV | STEP | “Abide in me, and I will abide in you. Just as the branch cannot produce fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me.

John 15:4-5

4 “Abide in me, and I will abide in you. Just as the branch cannot produce fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me.Col 1:23; 1John 2:6 5 I am the vine, you are the branches. The one who abides in me while I abide in him ^{▼▼Lit. and I in him} produces much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.Hos 14:8; Phil 1:11; 4:13

John 15:8

8 This is how my Father is glorified, when you produce a lot of fruit and prove to be my disciples.Matt 5:16; John 8:31; 13:35; Phil 1:11

Ephesians 1:8

8 that he lavished on us, along with all wisdom and understanding,

Ephesians 1:12

12 so that we who had already fixed our hope on Christ might live for his praise and glory.Eph 1:6, 14; 2Thes 2:13; James 1:18

Ephesians 1:14

14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of God's own possession, ^{▼▼Lit. of the possession} to his praise and glory.Luke 21:28; Acts 20:28; Rom 8:23; 2Cor 1:22; 5:5; Eph 4:30; 1Pet 2:9

Ephesians 2:10

10 For we are his masterpiece, ^{▼▼Or workmanship} created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared long ago to be our way of life. ^{▼▼Lit. so that we might walk in them}Deut 32:6; Ps 100:3; Isa 19:25; 29:23; 44:21; John 3:3, 5; 1Cor 3:9; John 3:3, 5, 2Cor 5:5, 17; Eph 1:4; 4:24; Titus 2:14

Colossians 1:6

6 that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and spreading all over the world, so it has been doing ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks it has been doing} among you from the day you heard it and came to know the grace of God in truth.