约翰十五章的头一部分－一至十一节，说到我们与主之间的关系。本章的第二部分－十二至十七节，说到我们彼此之间的关系。在这一部分我们看见枝子应当彼此相爱，结果子彰显神圣的生命。这些经节启示出，结果子与我们彼此相爱很有关系。我们彼此之间，必须在生命里，就是凭着生命、在爱里维持正确的关系。我们必须维持在爱里的关系，并凭着那在我们里面的生命彼此相爱，这生命就是主自己。彼此相爱就是教会生活。我们不该以人的爱，而该在神圣的生命里，以神圣的爱彼此相爱。
我们不是许多分开的树上的枝子，我们都是同一树上的枝子。所以我们需要和所有别的枝子，并且和树维持美好的交通。这就是为什么主告诉我们要彼此相爱。我们若不彼此相爱，就很难结果子。我们若不彼此相爱，意思就是我们与葡萄树的交通已经断绝；因此，我们无法结果子。
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John 15, verses 1 through 11, which shows the relationship between us and the Lord. The second part, verses 12 through 17, shows our relationship with one another. In this part of the chapter we see that the branches should love one another to express the divine life in fruit-bearing. These verses reveal that fruit-bearing has very much to do with our loving one another. We must keep a right relationship with one another in life, that is, in love by life. We must keep our relationship in love and love one another by the life that is in us. This life is the Lord himself. Loving one another is the church life, the Body life. The Body life is a life of love and a life in love. We should not love one another with a human love but in the divine life and with the divine love.
We are not branches of many separate trees; we are all branches of the same tree. So we need to maintain a good fellowship with all the other branches as well as with the tree. If we do not love one another, it will be very difficult to bear fruit. If we do not love one another, it means that our fellowship with the vine tree has been cut off. Therefore, there is no way for us to bear fruit. In order to bear fruit we must love one another.