Joh 15:5, 2Cor 12:9-11 | ESV | STEP | I am the vine ; you are the branches . Whoever abides in me and I in him , he it is that bears much fruit , for apart from me you can do nothing .

John 15:5

5 I am the vine; ^ayou are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that ^bbears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

2 Corinthians 12:9-11

9 But he said to me, ^c“My grace is sufficient for you, for ^dmy power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that ^ethe power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 ^fFor the sake of Christ, then, ^gI am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For ^hwhen I am weak, then I am strong.

Concern for the Corinthian Church

11 ⁱI have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was ^jnot at all inferior to these super-apostles, ^keven though I am nothing.