πᾶν κλῆμα ἐν ἐμοὶ μὴ φέρον καρπὸν αἴρει αὐτό (John 15:2)

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Title:  Every Branch in me Not Bearing Fruit, He Takes It  Away

The text is, “πᾶν κλῆμα ἐν ἐμοὶ μὴ φέρον καρπὸν αἴρει αὐτό καὶ πᾶν τὸ καρπὸν φέρον καθαίρει αὐτὸ ἵνα καρπὸν πλείονα φέρῃ”.

πᾶν -> neuter, singular, accusative adjective -> every

κλῆμα -> neuter, singular, accusative noun -> branch

ἐν -> preposition taking the dative for its object word -> in

ἐμοὶ -> first person, personal, singular, dative pronoun -> me

μὴ -> negative particle -> not

φέρον -> present, active, participial, neuter, singular, accusative verb -> bearing

καρπὸν -> masculine, singular, accusative noun -> fruit

αἴρει -> third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> he takes away

αὐτό -> third person, personal, neuter, singular, accusative pronoun -> it

καὶ -> coordinating conjunction -> and

πᾶν -> neuter, singular, accusative adjective -> all

τὸ -> neuter, singular, accusative article -> the NRIEH

καρπὸν -> neuter, singular, accusative noun -> fruit

φέρον -> present, active, participial, neuter, singular, accusative verb -> bearing

καθαίρει -> third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb -> he prunes

αὐτὸ -> third person, personal, neuter, singular, accusative pronoun -> it

ἵνα -> subordinating purposive conjunction -> so that

καρπὸν -> neuter, singular, accusative noun -> fruit

πλείονα -> masculine, singular, accusative, comparative adjective -> more

φέρῃ -> third person, singular, present, active, subjunctive verb -> it should bear

The meaning of this verse is,

Every branch in me not bearing fruit, he takes it away, and all fruit bearing, he prunes it, so that it should bear more fruit.”

πᾶν κλῆμα ἐν ἐμοὶ μὴ φέρον καρπὸν αἴρει αὐτό (John 15:2) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.