John 15 · Verse 3

John 15:3

Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
John 15:3, King James Version

John 15:3 in other translations

BSBYou are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
WEBYou are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
ASVAlready ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you.
YLTalready ye are clean, because of the word that I have spoken to you;
DARBYYe are already clean by reason of the word which I have spoken to you.
BBEYou are clean, even now, through the teaching which I have given you.
WebsterNow ye are clean through the word which I have spoken to you.

What does John 15:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 15:1-8

Joh 15:1-27. Discourse at the Supper Table Continued. 1-8. The spiritual oneness of Christ and His people, and His relation to them as the Source of all their spiritual life and fruitfulness, are here beautifully set forth by a figure familiar to Jewish ears (Is 5:1, &c.). I am the true vine--of whom the vine of nature is but a shadow. my Father is the husbandman--the great Proprietor of the vineyard, the Lord of…

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 3. Now ye are clean. Still keeping up the figure (katharoi). It does not mean that they were perfect, but that they had been under a process of purifying by his instructions all the time he had been with them. He had removed their erroneous notions of the Messiah; he had gradually reclaimed them from their fond and foolish views respecting earthly honours; he had taught them to be willing to forsake all things; and he had so trained and disciplined them that immediately after his death they would be ready to go and bear fruit among all nations to the honour of his name. In addition to this, Judas had been removed from their number, and they were now all true followers of the Saviour. Jn 13:10.

Through the word. By means of the teachings of Jesus while he had been with them.

(e) "Now, you are clean" Jn 17:17, Eph 5:26, 1Pet 1:22

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Now ye are clean - Καθαροι εστε, Ye are pruned. As our Lord has not changed the metaphor, it would be wrong to change the expression. Through the word - Δια τον λογον, Through that word - that doctrine of holiness which I have incessantly preached unto you, and which ye have received. Perhaps our Lord more immediately refers here to the words which he had spoken concerning Judas, Joh 13:21-30, in consequence of which Judas went out and finished his bargain with the chief priests; he being gone off, the body of the apostles was purified; and thus he might say, Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 15:1-8

foretold. (18-25) The Comforter promised. (26-27) Verses 1-8 Jesus Christ is the Vine, the true Vine. The union of the human and Divine natures, and the fulness of the Spirit that is in him, resemble the root of the vine made fruitful by the moisture from a rich soil. Believers are branches of this Vine. The root is unseen, and our life is hid with Christ; the root bears the tree, diffuses sap to it, and in Christ…

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John 15:3 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἤδηēdēAlreadyG2235
ὑμεῖςhumeisyou yourselvesG4771
καθαροίkatharoicleanG2513
ἐστεesteareG1510
διὰdiabecause ofG1223
τὸνtontheG3588
λόγονlogonwordG3056
ὃνhonthatG3739
λελάληκαlelalēkaI have spokenG2980
ὑμῖν.¶huminto you.G4771

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for John 15:3

  • John 17:17

    Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

  • Ephesians 5:26

    That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

  • 1 Peter 1:22

    Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

  • John 13:10

    Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
13:10; 17:17; Eph 5:26; 1Pe 1:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • John 15:2

    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.

  • John 15:3

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

  • John 15:4

    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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John 15:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Ya vosotros sois limpios por la palabra que os he hablado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Vous, vous êtes déjà nets, à cause de la parole que je vous ai dite.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ihr seid schon rein um des Wortes willen, das ich zu euch geredet habe.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Jam vos mundi estis propter sermonem quem locutus sum vobis.