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Title: Abide in Me, and I in You, as the Branch is Not Able From Itself to Bear Fruit
The text is, “μείνατε ἐν ἐμοί, κἀγὼ ἐν ὑμῖν. καθὼς τὸ κλῆμα οὐ δύναται καρπὸν φέρειν ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ ἐὰν μὴ μένῃ ἐν τῇ ἀμπέλῳ, οὕτως οὐδὲ ὑμεῖς ἐὰν μὴ ἐν ἐμοὶ μένητε”.
μείνατε -> continue | rest | remain | abide
ἐν -> preposition taking the dative for its object word -> in
ἐμοί -> first person, personal, singular, dative pronoun -> me
κἀγὼ -> crasis of “καὶ” (coordinating conjunction) and “‘έγω” (first person, personal, singular, nominative pronoun) -> and I
ἐν -> preposition taking the dative for its object word -> in
ὑμῖν -> first person, personal, singular, dative pronoun -> you
καθὼς -> subordinating comparative conjunction -> as
τὸ -> neuter, singular, nominative article -> the
κλῆμα -> neuter, singular, nominative noun -> branch
οὐ -> negative particle -> not
δύναται -> third person, singular, present, passive, indicative verb -> is able
καρπὸν -> masculine, singular, accusative noun -> fruit
φέρειν -> present, active, infinitive verb -> to bear
ἀφ’ -> preposition taking the genitive for its object word -> from
ἑαυτοῦ -> third person, neuter, singular, genitive, reflexive pronoun -> itself
ἐὰν -> subordinating conditional conjunction -> unless
μὴ -> negative particle -> not NRIEH
μένῃ -> third person, singular, present, active, subjunctive verb -> it should abide
ἐν -> preposition taking the dative for its object word -> in
τῇ -> feminine, singular, dative article -> the
ἀμπέλῳ -> feminine, singular, dative noun -> vine | vineyard
οὕτως -> demonstrative adverb -> so
οὐδὲ -> adverb -> not even
ὑμεῖς -> second person, personal, plural, nominative pronoun -> you
ἐὰν -> subordinating conditional conjunction -> unless
μὴ -> negative particle -> not NRIEH
ἐν -> preposition taking the dative for its object word -> in
ἐμοὶ -> first person, personal, singular, dative -> me
μένητε -> second person, plural, present, active, subjunctive verb -> should continue | should rest | should remain | should abide
The meaning of this verse is,
Abide in me, and I in you, as the branch is not able to bear fruit from itself, unless it should abide in the vine, so not even you, unless you should continue in me.”
μείνατε ἐν ἐμοί, κἀγὼ ἐν ὑμῖν. καθὼς τὸ κλῆμα οὐ δύναται καρπὸν φέρειν ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ (John 15:4) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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