John 15
1 I Am that true vine, and my Father is that husband man.
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
2 Euery branch that beareth not fruite in me, he taketh away: and euery one that beareth fruite, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruite.
He takes away every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, and He prunes every branch that bears fruit, so that it may bear more fruit.
3 Nowe are ye cleane through the worde, which I haue spoken vnto you.
You are already pruned clean because of the words which I have spoken to you.
4 Abide in me, and I in you: as the branche cannot beare fruite of it selfe, except it abide in the vine, no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
Live in me, as I live in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit of itself, unless it lives in the vine, so neither can you, unless you live in me.
5 I am that vine: ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruite: for without me can ye doe nothing.
I am the vine, and you are the branches. Whoever lives in me, and I in them, bears much fruit; for apart from me you can do nothing.
6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branche, and withereth: and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they burne.
Anyone who doesn’t live in me is thrown away as a branch, and dries up. The dried up branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
7 If ye abide in me, and my wordes abide in you, aske what ye wil, and it shalbe done to you.
If you live in me, and my words live in you, ask whatever you want, and it will be done for you.
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye beare much fruite, and be made my disciples.
My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, so you will prove to be my disciples.
9 As the father hath loued me, so haue I loued you: continue in that my loue.
“Just as the Father has sincerely loved me, I have also sincerely loved you. Continue to live in my sincere love.
10 If ye shall keepe my commandements, ye shall abide in my loue, as I haue kept my Fathers commandements, and abide in his loue.
If you keep my commandments, you will continue to live in my sincere love; just as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and continue to live in His sincere love.
11 These things haue I spoken vnto you, that my ioy might remaine in you, and that your ioy might be full.
I have told you these things, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.
12 This is my commandement, that ye loue one another, as I haue loued you.
This is my commandment, that you sincerely love one another, just as I have sincerely loved you.
13 Greater loue then this hath no man, when any man bestoweth his life for his friendes.
No one has greater sincere love than this, than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
14 Ye are my friendes, if ye doe whatsoeuer I commaund you.
You are my friends if you do whatever I command you.
15 Henceforth call I you not seruants: for the seruant knoweth not what his master doeth: but I haue called you friends: for all things that I haue heard of my Father, haue I made knowen to you.
I don’t call you servants any longer, because a servant doesn’t know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father.
16 Ye haue not chosen me, but I haue chosen you, and ordeined you, that ye goe and bring foorth fruite, and that your fruite remaine, that whatsoeuer ye shall aske of the Father in my Name, he may giue it you.
You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, so that you should go and bear fruit, and so that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in my name He may give you.
17 These things commaund I you, that ye loue one another.
I command you this, that you sincerely love one another.
18 If the worlde hate you, ye knowe that it hated me before you.
“If the world hates you, know that it hated me before it hated you.
19 If ye were of the worlde, the world woulde loue his owne: but because ye are not of ye world, but I haue chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own. Because you aren’t the world’s, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
20 Remember the word that I said vnto you, The seruant is not greater then his master. If they haue persecuted me, they will persecute you also: if they haue kept my worde, they will also keepe yours.
Remember that I told you, ‘A servant isn’t greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my teaching, they will also obey yours.
21 But all these things will they doe vnto you for my Names sake, because they haue not knowen him that sent me.
The world will do all these things to you, however, for My name’s sake, because they don’t know Him who sent me.
22 If I had not come and spoken vnto them, they shoulde not haue had sinne: but nowe haue they no cloke for their sinne.
If I hadn’t come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
23 He that hateth me, hateth my Father also.
Whoever hates me also hates my Father.
24 If I had not done workes among them which none other man did, they had not had sinne: but nowe haue they both seene, and haue hated both me, and my Father.
If I hadn’t done the works which no one else did among them, they would have no sin; but now they have seen and also hated both me and my Father.
25 But it is that the worde might be fulfilled, that is written in their Lawe, They hated me without a cause.
This was to fulfill the word that is written in their Law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’
26 But when that Comforter shall come, whom I will send vnto you from the Father, euen the Spirit of trueth, which proceedeth of the Father, he shall testifie of me.
When the Counselor comes, who I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of me.
27 And ye shall witnesse also, because ye haue bene with me from the beginning.
You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
