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|I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

|I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

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|I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine keeper.

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|The phrase "true vine" is a #2 attributive position (article-noun-article-adjective), which connects "true" and "vine" but makes the adjective (true) a mild afterthought. A #1 gives equal balance to adjective and noun (article-adjective-noun), while a #3 mildly de-emphasizes the noun (noun-article-adjective). The effect is kind of like this: "I am the vine...the true one." So He is telling us that the vine is true (in case we were wondering), but what He wants us to focus on thinking about is the vine itself, not the "true" part.

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|Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

|Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

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|He removes every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and he prunes every branch that does bear fruit, so that it might bear more fruit.

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|The emphasis in the first two clauses is on "every branch." No branch, no person, escapes this "removal or pruning" process.

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|Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

|Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

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|You are already clean through the teaching which I have spoken to you.

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|"Teaching" is logos. "Word" is the traditional translation of this, but "teaching" is probably more accurate for modern audiences.

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|Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

|Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

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|Stay in me, and I will stay in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it stays on the vine, neither can you unless you stay in me.

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|"Stay in me" is in the imperative, with the verb supplied in the first half, and implied in the second half. Usually, the verb in the first half is simply paralleled into the second half, which would normally mean that the first half ("stay in me") and the second half ("I stay in you") would both be commands. The problem is that the imperative has no first person (because you can't "command" yourself to do something). In a case like this, the second half is understood to relate the intention of the person speaking (I WILL do this). Strictly speaking, this is NOT a conditional ("if you stay in me, then I will stay in you"), but a statement of intent ("stay in me because I intend to stay in you").

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==Chapter 16==

==Chapter 16==