11 translations · Greek
John 15:5
I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:5 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
- KJV King James Version
- I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- 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.
- ASV American Standard Version
- I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- I AM the vine, you the branches; he who is remaining in Me, and I in him, this one bears much fruit, because apart from Me you are not able to do anything;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- I'm the vine, you're the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce plenty of fruit—for apart from me you can't do anything.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 'I am the vine, ye the branches; he who is remaining in me, and I in him, this one doth bear much fruit, because apart from me ye are not able to do anything;
- DBY Darby Translation
- I am the vine, ye [are] the branches. He that abides in me and I in him, he bears much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- I am the vine: you the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ἐγώ | Egō | I | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| εἰμι | eimi | am | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| ἡ | hē | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἄμπελος | ampelos | vine | G288 ἄμπελος vine |
| ὑμεῖς | hymeis | [and] you [are] | G4771 σύ you |
| τὰ | ta | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| κλήματα | klēmata | branches | G2814 κλῆμα branch |
| ὁ | ho | The [one who] | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| μένων | menōn | remains | G3306 μένω to stay |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| ἐμοὶ | emoi | Me | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| κἀγὼ | kagō | and I | G2504 κἀγώ and I |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| αὐτῷ | autō | him | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| οὗτος | houtos | — | G3778 οὗτος this/he/she/it |
| φέρει | pherei | will bear | G5342 φέρω to bear/lead |
| καρπὸν | karpon | fruit | G2590 καρπός fruit |
| πολύν | polyn | much | G4183 πολύς much |
| ὅτι | hoti | For | G3754 ὅτι that/since: that |
| χωρὶς | chōris | apart from | G5565 χωρίς without |
| ἐμοῦ | emou | Me | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| οὐ | ou | — | G3756 οὐ no |
| δύνασθε | dynasthe | you can | G1410 δύναμαι be able |
| ποιεῖν | poiein | do | G4160 ποιέω to do/make: do |
| οὐδέν | ouden | nothing | G3762 οὐδείς none |
Related verses
- Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
- Colossians 1:10
that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
- John 15:16
You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
- Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
- Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.
- 2 Corinthians 13:8
For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
- John 5:19
Jesus therefore answered them, “Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.
- James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
- 2 Peter 3:18
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
- John 12:24
Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
3 You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
5 I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
6 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.
7 If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.
Read all of John 15 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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