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 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.
Any unfruitful branch in me he takes away, and he cleanses every fruitful branch, so that it may bear more fruit.
3 Nowe are ye cleane through the worde, which I haue spoken vnto you.
You are already clean because of the message that I have given 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.
Remain united to me, and I will remain united to you. As a branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains united to the vine; no more can you, unless you remain united to 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. If you remains united to me, while I remain united to you – you bear fruit plentifully; for you can do nothing apart from me.
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 anyone does not remain united to me, they are thrown away, as a branch would be, and withers up. Such branches are collected and thrown into the fire, and are burnt.
7 If ye abide in me, and my wordes abide in you, aske what ye wil, and it shalbe done to you.
If you remain united to me, and my teaching remains in your hearts, ask whatever you wish, and it will be yours.
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye beare much fruite, and be made my disciples.
It is by your bearing fruit plentifully, and so showing yourselves my disciples, that my Father is honoured.
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; remain 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 lay my commands to heart, you will remain in my love; just as I have laid the Father’s commands to heart and remain 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 all this so that my own joy may be yours, and that your joy may be complete.
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.
No one can give greater proof of love than by laying down their life for their friends.
14 Ye are my friendes, if ye doe whatsoeuer I commaund you.
And 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 “servants,” because a servant does not know what their master is doing; but I have given you the name of “friends,” because I made known to you everything that I 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.
It wasn’t you who chose me, but I who chose you, and I appointed you to go and bear fruit – fruit that should remain, so that the Father might grant you whatever you ask in my name.
17 These things commaund I you, that ye loue one another.
I am giving you these commands that you may love one another.
18 If the worlde hate you, ye knowe that it hated me before you.
If the world hates you, you know that it has first hated me.
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 do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world – that is why 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 said to you – “A servant is not greater than their master.” If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have laid my message to heart, they will lay yours to heart 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 this to you, because you believe in my name, for they do not 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 had not come and spoken to them, they would have had no sin to answer for; but as it is, they have no excuse for their sin.
23 He that hateth me, hateth my Father also.
The person 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 work as no one else ever did, they would have had no sin to answer for; but, as it is, 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 what is said in their Law – “They hated 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.
But, when the helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father – the Spirit of truth, who comes from the Father – will bear testimony to me;
27 And ye shall witnesse also, because ye haue bene with me from the beginning.
yes, and you also are to bear testimony, because you have been with me from the first.
