John 15

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

I am the true vine; and my Father is the cultivator.

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, which yieldeth not fruits, he taketh it away: and that which yieldeth fruits, he cleanseth it, that it may yield more fruits.

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

Ye henceforth are clean, on account of the discourse I have held with 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 yield fruits of itself, unless it abide in the vine; so also, neither can ye, unless ye 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, and ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, he yieldeth much fruit; for without me, ye 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.

And if a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a withered branch; and they gather it up, and cast it into the fire to be 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.

But if ye shall abide in me, and my instructions shall abide in you, whatever ye shall be pleased to ask, it will be given to you.

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

In this is the Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and ye will be my disciples.

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

As my Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in the love of me.

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 ye shall keep my commands, ye will abide in the love of me, as I have kept the commands of my Father, and abide in his love.

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 to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.

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

This is my command, that ye 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.

There is no greater love than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

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

Ye are my friends, if ye do all that 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.

I no longer call you servants; because a servant knoweth not what his lord doeth; but I have called you my friends; because, whatever I have heard from my Father, I have made known to 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.

It is not ye that chose me, but I that have chosen you; and I have appointed you, that ye also should go and yield fruits, and that your fruits should continue; so that whatever ye may ask of my 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 ye should love one another.

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

And if the world hate you, know ye, that it hated me before 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.

And if ye were of the world, the world would love what is of it. But ye are not of the world, for I have chosen you out of the world; for this cause, the world hateth 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 that I spoke to you, That there is no servant, who is greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; and if they have observed my teaching, they will also observe yours.

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 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 had not had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

If I had not come and discoursed with them, sin would not have been to them; but now there is no excuse for their sins.

23 He that hates me hates also my Father.

He that hateth me, hateth 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 wrought before them works which no other person ever did, sin would not have been to them: but now they have seen, and have hated, both me and my Father;

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

so that in them will be fulfilled the word which 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 shall come, whom I will send to you from my Father, that Spirit of truth who proceedeth from the Father, He will testify of me.

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

And do ye also testify; for ye have been with me from the beginning.