John 15

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

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

2 [As to] every branch in me not bearing fruit, he takes it away; and [as to] every one bearing fruit, he purges it that it may bring forth more fruit.

Every branch in me that bears not fruit he takes away: and every branch that bears fruit, he purges it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

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

Now all of you are clean through the word (logos) which I have spoken unto you.

4 Abide in me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abide in the vine, thus neither [can] ye unless ye abide in me.

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can all of you, except all of you abide in me.

5 I am the vine, ye [are] the branches. He that abides in me and I in him, he bears much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing.

I am the vine, all of you are the branches: He that abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit: for without me all of you can do nothing.

6 Unless any one abide in me he is cast out as the branch, and is dried up; and they gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall come to pass to you.

If all of you abide in me, and my words (rhema) abide in you, all of you shall ask what all of you will, and it shall be done unto you.

8 In this is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit, and ye shall become disciples of mine.

Herein is my Father glorified, that all of you bear much fruit; so shall all of you be my disciples.

9 As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you: abide in my love.

As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you: continue all of you in my love. (agape)

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

If all of you keep my commandments, all of you shall abide in my love; (agape) even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. (agape)

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

These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

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

This is my commandment, That all of you love one another, as I have loved you.

13 No one has greater love than this, that one should lay down his life for his friends.

Greater love (agape) has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

14 Ye are my friends if ye practise whatever I command you.

All of you are my friends, if all of you do whatsoever I command you.

15 I call you no longer bondmen, for the bondman does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things which I have heard of my Father I have made known to you.

Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knows not what his lord does: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and have set you that ye should go and [that] ye should bear fruit, and [that] your fruit should abide, that whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he may give you.

All of you have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that all of you should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever all of you shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.

These things I command you, that all of you love one another.

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

If the world hate you, all of you know that it hated me before it hated you.

19 If ye were of the world, the world would love its own; but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on account of this the world hates you.

If all of you were of the world, the world would love his own: but because all of you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

20 Remember the word which I said unto you, The bondman is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep also yours.

Remember the word (logos) that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, (logos) they will keep your also.

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

But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.

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

If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.

23 He that hates me hates also my Father.

He that hates me hates my Father also.

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

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

25 But that the word written in their law might be fulfilled, They hated me without a cause.

But this comes to pass, that the word (logos) might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes forth from with the Father, he shall bear witness concerning me;

But when the Comforter has come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit (pneuma) of truth, which proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me:

27 and ye too bear witness, because ye are with me from [the] beginning.

And all of you also shall bear witness, because all of you have been with me from the beginning.