七节的祷告与八节所题的多结果子以及父的得荣有关。我们需要为多结果子祷告，好叫父得荣耀，也就是叫父在子身上得彰显。父神圣的生命因着我们结果子得着彰显，祂就因此得荣耀。只有当父得着彰显时，祂才得着荣耀。
电可以说明得着荣耀的意思：电在灯里得着荣耀，因为它得着彰显了。照样，父神圣的生命因着葡萄树和枝子这生机的结果子而得着彰显，祂就得着了荣耀。
葡萄树和枝子是一个生机体以荣耀父。作为荣耀父的生机体，葡萄树和枝子彰显神圣生命的丰富。当葡萄树结出累累的葡萄，那就是神圣生命的丰富彰显出来的时候。这样彰显内在的生命，就是将神圣的素质从葡萄树里面释放出来。这就是父的得荣耀。
The prayer in verse 7 is related to the fruit-bearing and the glorification of the Father mentioned in verse 8. We need to pray for much fruit-bearing that the Father may be glorified, that is, expressed, in the Son. In fruit-bearing the Father’s divine life is expressed and so he is glorified. Only when the Father is expressed is he glorified.
Electricity illustrates what it means to be glorified: the electricity in a lamp is glorified because it is expressed. Likewise, when the Father’s divine life is expressed in the fruit-bearing of the organism of the vine and the branches, he is glorified.
The vine and the branches are one organism to glorify the Father. As an organism that glorifies the Father, the vine and the branches express the riches of the divine life. When the vine produces grapes in abundance, that is when the riches of the divine life are manifested. To express the inner life in this way is to release the divine essence from within the vine. This is the glorification of the Father.