John 15

1 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

2 He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.

Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit he cleanseth, that it may bear more fruit.

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

Ye are clean already, by reason of the word which I have spoken to you.

4 Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, if it abide not in the vine, so neither can ye, unless ye abide in me.

5 I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.

I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit; for apart from me ye can do nothing.

6 If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.

If any one abideth not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather it, and cast it into the fire, and it is burned.

7 If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever ye will, and it shall be done for you.

8 This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.

Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and ye will become my disciples.

9 As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.

As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love.

10 If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.

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

11 I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.

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

12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.

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

Greater love hath no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

14 You are My friends if you do what I command you.

Ye are my friends, if ye do what I command you.

15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.

No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things which I have heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

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

17 This is My command to you: Love one another.

This I command you, that ye love one another.

18 If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.

If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you.

19 If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.

If ye were of the world, the world would love its own; but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

20 Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.

Remember what I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my words, they will keep yours also.

21 But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.

But all these things will they do to you on account of my name, because they know not him that sent me.

22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.

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

23 Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.

He that hateth me, hateth my Father also.

24 If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.

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

25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’

But this cometh to pass, that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their Law: “They hated me without a cause.”

26 When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.

When the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he will bear witness of me.

27 And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.

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