John 15

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

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.

2 Every branch in me that beareth no fruit, he taketh it away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he pruneth it clean, that it may bring forth more fruit.

Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

3 Ye are already clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine: so neither can ye, except ye abide in me.

Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.

5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, this person beareth much fruit: because without me ye can do nothing.

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

6 If any man abide not in me, he is cast out as a branch, and withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done for you.

If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye should bring forth much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

“In this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.

9 Just as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide in my love.

Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love.

10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and as I abide in his love.

If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, even as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.

11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may abide in you, and your joy may be full.

I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.

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

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever things I command you.

You are my friends if you do whatever I command you.

15 I no more call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his master is doing: but I have called you friends because I have made known to you all things which I have heard of my Father.

No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and appointed you that ye should go forth and bear fruit, and that your fruit should be permanent: that so whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he may give it you.

You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.

“I command these things to you, that you may love one another.

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

If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated 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 elected you out of the world, for this very cause the world hateth you.

If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

20 Remember the word which I spake unto you, The servant is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you also; if they have observed my words, they will observe your’s also.

Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’ 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 do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.

But they will do all these things to you for my name’s sake, because they don’t know him who sent me.

22 Had I not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin.

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had 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 among them the works which no other ever did, they would not have had sin: but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

If I hadn’t done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn’t have had sin. But now they have seen and also hated both me and my Father.

25 But it is in order that the word may be fulfilled which is written in their law, “They hated me without a cause.”

But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’

26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

“When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.

27 and ye too shall bear your testimony, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.