John 15

1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.

I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the farmer.

2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

Every branch in me not bearing fruit, he removes it. And every branch that bears fruit, he prunes it, so that it may bear more fruit.

3 You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

Now ye are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.

4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.

Dwell in me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it dwells in the grapevine, so neither ye, if ye do not dwell in me.

5 I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

I am the grapevine, ye are the branches. He who dwells in me, and I in him, this man bears much fruit, because without me ye can do nothing.

6 If a man does not remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

If any man does not dwell in me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered. And they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and are burned.

7 If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

If ye dwell in me, and my sayings dwell in you, ye will ask whatever ye may want, and it will be done to you.

8 “In this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.

By this my Father is glorified, that ye may bear much fruit, and ye will become my disciples.

9 Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love.

As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Dwell ye in my love.

10 If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, even as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.

If ye keep my commandments, ye will dwell in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments, and dwell in his love.

11 I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.

These things I have spoken to you that my joy may dwell in you, and your joy may be full.

12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

This is my commandment, that ye love each other, just as I have loved you.

13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

Greater love has no man than this, that some man lay down his life for his friends.

14 You are my friends if you do whatever I command you.

Ye are my friends, if ye do as many things as I command you.

15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

I no longer call you bondmen, because the bondman does not know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I made known to you.

16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and appointed you, so that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit may remain, so that anything whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, he may give you.

17 “I command these things to you, that you may love one another.

These things I command you, so that ye may love each other.

18 If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.

If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before you.

19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

If ye were of the world, the world would love its own, but because ye are not of the world (instead I chose you out of the world), because of this the world hates you.

20 Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

Remember the word that I said to you, A bondman is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

21 But they will do all these things to you for my name’s sake, because they do not know him who sent me.

But all these things they will do to you because of my name, because they have not known him who sent me.

22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.

23 He who hates me, hates my Father also.

He who hates me hates my Father also.

24 If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have had sin. But now they have seen and also hated both me and my Father.

If I had not done among them the works that no other man has done, they would not have had sin, but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

25 But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’

But, that the word that is written in their law may be fulfilled, They hated me without cause.

26 “When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.

But when the helper comes whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth that proceeds from the Father, that will testify about me.

27 You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

And ye also testify, because ye have been with me from the beginning.