ABIDE! To "abide" means to continue in, not to depart from. John 15:7; If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. ABIDING IN CHRIST! v4; Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. ABIDING IN CHRIST! (Genuine?) 1 John 2:19; They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. (Genuine, they won't defect; they won't deny Christ or abandon His truth.) John 8:31; Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; v32; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. ABIDING IN CHRIST! Romans 8:37; Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. ABIDE! Uzziah; 2 Chronicles 26:5; And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper. ABIDE! Overseer/Apostle