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 does not bear fruit, and he prunes every branch that bears fruit so that it will 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 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.
Remain in me, and I in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain 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 remains in me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for without 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 anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown away like a branch and dries up, and they gather the branches and throw them into the fire, and they are burned up.
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 in me, and if my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, 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 in this, that you bear much fruit and so prove that you are 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, I have also 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 keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, as I have kept the commandments of my Father 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 spoken these things to you so that my joy will be in you and so that your joy will be complete.
12 This is my commandement, that ye loue one another, as I haue loued you.
This is my commandment, that you 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 has greater love than this—that he 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 the things that 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.
No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
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 so that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain. This is so that whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
17 These things commaund I you, that ye loue one another.
These things I command you, so that you 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 has 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 were of the world, the world would love you as its own. But because you are not of the world and because 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 the word that I said to you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
21 But all these things will they doe vnto you for my Names sake, because they haue not knowen him that sent me.
They will do all these things to you because of my name, because 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 not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
23 He that hateth me, hateth my Father also.
He who 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 had not done the works that no one else did among them, they would have no sin, but now they have 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.
But this is in order 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 Comforter—whom I will send to you from the Father, that is, the Spirit of truth, who goes out from the Father—comes, he will testify about me.
27 And ye shall witnesse also, because ye haue bene with me from the beginning.
You are also testifying because you have been with me from the beginning.
