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Designed to strengthen the global church with a widely accessible, theologically sound, and pastorally wise resource for understanding and applying the overarching storyline of the Bible, this commentary series features the full text of the ESV Bible passage by passage, with crisp and theologically rich exposition and application. Editors Iain M. Duguid, James M. Hamilton, and Jay A. Sklar have...

VI.B.5. Abide in Christ (15:1–17) a. Abiding in Christ (15:1–8) b. That Your Joy May Be Full (15:9–11) c. Love One Another (15:12–17) . The OT regularly uses plant, tree, or vine imagery in symbolic descriptions of God’s people. For instance, the Lord speaks of “planting” his people in the land (2 Sam. 7:10). In Psalm 80:8 David describes the Lord’s bringing a vine out of Egypt and planting it in the land. In Isaiah 5:1–7 Isaiah likens Israel to a vineyard
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