John 15:7 (YLT)

Passage

if ye may remain in me, and my sayings in you may remain, whatever ye may wish ye shall ask, and it shall be done to you.

Nearby Context

John 15:5 `I am the vine, ye the branches; he who is remaining in me, and I in him, this one doth bear much fruit, because apart from me ye are not able to do anything;

John 15:6 if any one may not remain in me, he was cast forth without as the branch, and was withered, and they gather them, and cast to fire, and they are burned;

John 15:7 if ye may remain in me, and my sayings in you may remain, whatever ye may wish ye shall ask, and it shall be done to you.

John 15:8 `In this was my Father glorified, that ye may bear much fruit, and ye shall become my disciples.

John 15:9 According as the Father did love me, I also loved you, remain in my love;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "remain", "sayings", "whatever", "wish", "shall", and "done". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "remain" and "sayings", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "if any one may not remain in..." into verse 8's "In this was my Father glorified that...", so "remain" and "sayings" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "remain" and "sayings" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.