John 15
1 I Am that true vine, and my Father is that husband man.
"I am the vine, and my Father the vine-grower.
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 cuts back any of my branches that bear no fruit, and prunes every fruit-bearing branch, that it may bear more.
3 Nowe are ye cleane through the worde, which I haue spoken vnto you.
"Now you are clean through the word 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.
"Abide in me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it abide in the vine, no more can you, unless you abide 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 you are the branches. He who abides in me and I in him, bears abundant fruit; because 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.
"If any one does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers. Such branches are gathered up and 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 abide in me and my words abide in you, ask whatever your will is, and it shall be yours.
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye beare much fruite, and be made my disciples.
"By this is my Father glorified, by your bearing abundant fruit, and so being my disciples.
9 As the father hath loued me, so haue I loued you: continue in that my loue.
"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my 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 obey my commands you will abide in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and abide in his 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 might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
12 This is my commandement, that ye loue one another, as I haue loued you.
"This is my command, Love one another as I have loved you.
13 Greater loue then this hath no man, when any man bestoweth his life for his friendes.
"Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ye are my friendes, if ye doe whatsoeuer I commaund you.
"You are my friends if you do what 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 no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have learned 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 did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
17 These things commaund I you, that ye loue one another.
"This is my command. to love one another. If the worlds hates you,
18 If the worlde hate you, ye knowe that it hated me before you.
"do not forget that it hated me first.
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; but because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, for that reason 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 what I told you, ‘A slave is not better than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you. If they have obeyed my word, they will obey yours also.
21 But all these things will they doe vnto you for my Names sake, because they haue not knowen him that sent me.
"But they will do all these things to you for my name’s sake, because they know not 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 had not 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.
"He who hates me hates my Father also.
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 had not done among them such works as none ever did, they would have had no sin; but now they have both seen and 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.
"And so is fulfilled the word written in their Law, ‘They hate me without 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 Comforter is come whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth who comes forth from the Father, he will bear witness of me;
27 And ye shall witnesse also, because ye haue bene with me from the beginning.
"and you to shall bear witness because you have been with me from the first.
