 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself. It must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. In other words, there is something purposeful. There is something engaging. There is something applicatory. There is something that has to do with heeding. There is something that has to do with assimilating, appropriating.