6. Si quis in me non manserit, 6. If any one abide not in me: mittetur foras sicut palmes: he shall be cast forth as a et arescet et colligent eum, branch, and shall wither, and et in ignem mittent, et ardet. they shall gather him up, and cast him into the fire, and he burneth. 6. Observe the variety of tense in the verbs of this verse in the Greek text. “Sensus est: Si quis in me non manserit, jam eo ipso _ejectus est_ foras sicut palmes et _exaruit_” (Beel., _Gr. Gram._, § 41, 5, b). The casting forth and withering happen simultaneously with the separation from Christ. The words of the verse indicate the punishment which is in store for those who die separated from Christ. In the Greek we have αῦτὰ (ea) instead of “eum” of the Vulgate; and the sense, is that as men usually gather up the _withered branches_ (αὐτα), and fling them into the fire, where they burn, so shall the angels of God do to the sinner. See Matt. xiii. 41. 7. Si manseritis in me, et 7. If you abide in me, and my verba mea in vobis manserint: words abide in you, you shall quodcumque volueritis petetis, ask whatever you will, and it et fiet vobis. shall be done unto you. 7. In contrast with the unhappy condition of those separated from Christ, they who remain in Him by faith, and keep His words through charity working by faith, shall obtain from God through prayer whatever they ask, provided it be necessary or useful to their spiritual life. “Whatsoever we shall ask according to His will He heareth us” (1 John v. 14). 8. In hoc clarificatus est 8. In this is my Father Pater meus, ut fructum glorified; that you bring plurimum afferatis, et forth very much fruit, and efficiamini mei discipuli. become my disciples. 8. It is clear from these words that the good works of the just give glory to God. Instead of “efficiamini,” the more probable Greek reading is γενήσεσθε (efficiemini), and the meaning is; And so you shall become more and more My disciples. 9. Sicut dilexit me Pater, et 9. As the Father hath loved ego dilexi vos. Manete in me, I also have loved you. dilectione mea. Abide in my love. 9. As (καθώς) expresses not equality, but resemblance. The resemblance consists in this, that as the Father loved Christ’s humanity gratuitously, without any previous merit on its part, and united it with the Person of the Word, so Christ loved the disciples gratuitously, and united them with Himself. So Toletus, following St. Aug. Then Christ adds as a practical conclusion: Take care to remain in the enjoyment of that love of mine for you. Or the meaning of the whole verse according to the Greek text may be: as the Father hath loved Me, and as I have loved you, so abide ye in the enjoyment of that love of Mine for you.