Salvation, fruit and John 15

It is interesting to me that so many people use this passage to “prove” the possibility of losing one’s salvation. It appears to me to do just the opposite.

The concept of being a branch that does not bear fruit is a branch that is “unsaved” is inconsistent with the notion of losing one’s salvation.

In John 15, verse 2 starts with this Greek phrase: “παν* κλημα* εν* εμοι* μη* φερον* καρπον* αιρει”

Directly translated, it looks like this: all/any branch in Me wasn’t bringing fruit

It’s the phrase that “in Me” that is so interesting to me. A branch “in Jesus” cannot be a branch without salvation. But this is a branch that is not bearing fruit.

Further, the branch that is not bearing fruit (a continual condition, not a one-time act), is not “cut off”, but is “lifted up” (the Greek word “airo“) in order for it to receive better light & air and not be sitting in the dirt/mud.

The simple & short conclusion is that it must be possible to be a branch and not bear fruit - it must, therefore, be possible to be a believer in Jesus Christ and not bear fruit.

Just musing...