离了子，我们就不能作什么。葡萄树的枝子无法单独生存，离了树，就要枯干而死。枝子与葡萄树的关系描绘出我们与主的关系。离了祂，我们什么也不是，什么也没有，什么也不能作。我们的所是、所有并所能，必须只在主里面，也藉着主在我们里面。对我们而言，住在主里面，并让主住在我们里面，是非常重要的。否则，我们就完了，就什么都不是了。离了祂，我们什么也不是，什么也没有，什么也不能。既然我们之于主是枝子，主之于我们是葡萄树，我们就必须住在祂里面，也让祂住在我们里面。
Apart from the Son we can do nothing. A branch of a vine cannot live by itself, for it will wither and die apart from the vine. The relationship between the branches and the vine pictures the relationship between us and the Lord. Apart from him, we are nothing, we have nothing, and we can do nothing. What we are, what we have, and what we do must be only in the Lord and by the Lord in us. It is very important for us to abide in the Lord and for the Lord to abide in us. Otherwise, we shall be finished and be nothing. Apart from him we are nothing, we have nothing and we can do nothing. Since we are the branches to the Lord and the Lord is the vine to us, we must abide in him and let him abide in us.