10离了葡萄树,我们这些枝子就不能作什么。葡萄树上的枝子不能凭自己而活,因为离了葡萄树,枝子就会枯萎死去。……凡我们所是、所有并所作的,必须是在主里,且凭着在我们里面的主。因此,我们住在主里面,主也住在我们里面,是很紧要的。……住在神的基督里是紧要的事。结果子在于住。……我们住在祂里面,是祂住在我们里面的条件。因此,主说,“你们要住在我里面,我也住在你们里面。”我们若不住在祂里面,就不能符合祂住在我们里面的条件。祂的住在于我们的住。这个互住会产生果子。
10Apart from the vine, we, the branches, can do nothing. A branch of a vine cannot live by itself, for it will wither and die apart from the vine…What we are, what we have, and what we do must be in the Lord and by the Lord in us. Therefore, it is crucial for us to abide in the Lord and for the Lord to abide in us…Abiding in the Christ of God is a crucial matter. Fruit-bearing depends on abiding…Our abiding in Him is the condition of His abiding in us. Thus, the Lord said, “Abide in Me and I in you.” If we do not abide in Him, we fail to meet the condition of His abiding in us. His abiding depends on our abiding. This mutual abiding will bring forth fruit.