Category Archives: Adult Bible Classes

(John 15:26 ESV)  26 “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.” Why is the Spirit the Spirit of … Continue reading →

(John 15:18 ESV)  18 “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.” Well, that doesn’t sound like any fun at all. Who wants to be hated? But, of course, the more we’re like … Continue reading →

(John 15:8 ESV)  8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. What brings glory to God? Jesus’ disciples’ bearing fruit. Why? Well, because the fruit is from God, via … Continue reading →

(John 15:3 ESV)  3 “Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.” This seems foreign to the context. What does “clean” have to do with the Vine? Well, Jesus had just said that those … Continue reading →

(John 15:1-2 ESV) “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.  2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear … Continue reading →

(John 14:27 ESV)  27 “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” The NET Bible translators … Continue reading →

(John 14:21 ESV)  21 “Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” Jesus is … Continue reading →

(John 14:19 ESV) 19 “Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.” Jesus is now referring most especially to his post-resurrection appearances. “Because I … Continue reading →

(John 14:18-19 ESV)  18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.  19 Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will … Continue reading →

(John 14:7 NET) “If you have known me, you will know my Father too. And from now on you do know him and have seen him.” I prefer the NET Bible’s choice of “have” to “had,” as in the ESV. … Continue reading →