John 15

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

I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the farmer.

2 Every branch in me that bears not fruit he takes away: and every branch that bears fruit, he purges it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

Every branch in me not bearing fruit, he removes it. And every branch that bears fruit, he prunes it, so that it may bear more fruit.

3 Now all of you are clean through the word (logos) which I have spoken unto you.

Now ye are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.

4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can all of you, except all of you abide in me.

Dwell in me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it dwells in the grapevine, so neither ye, if ye do not dwell in me.

5 I am the vine, all of you are the branches: He that abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit: for without me all of you can do nothing.

I am the grapevine, ye are the branches. He who dwells in me, and I in him, this man bears much fruit, because without me ye can do nothing.

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

If any man does not dwell in me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered. And they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and are burned.

7 If all of you abide in me, and my words (rhema) abide in you, all of you shall ask what all of you will, and it shall be done unto you.

If ye dwell in me, and my sayings dwell in you, ye will ask whatever ye may want, and it will be done to you.

8 Herein is my Father glorified, that all of you bear much fruit; so shall all of you be my disciples.

By this my Father is glorified, that ye may bear much fruit, and ye will become my disciples.

9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you: continue all of you in my love. (agape)

As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Dwell ye in my love.

10 If all of you keep my commandments, all of you shall abide in my love; (agape) even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. (agape)

If ye keep my commandments, ye will dwell in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments, and dwell in his love.

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

These things I have spoken to you that my joy may dwell in you, and your joy may be full.

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

This is my commandment, that ye love each other, just as I have loved you.

13 Greater love (agape) has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Greater love has no man than this, that some man lay down his life for his friends.

14 All of you are my friends, if all of you do whatsoever I command you.

Ye are my friends, if ye do as many things as I command you.

15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knows not what his lord does: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

I no longer call you bondmen, because the bondman does not know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I made known to you.

16 All of you have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that all of you should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever all of you shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and appointed you, so that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit may remain, so that anything whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, he may give you.

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

These things I command you, so that ye may love each other.

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

If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before you.

19 If all of you were of the world, the world would love his own: but because all of you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

If ye were of the world, the world would love its own, but because ye are not of the world (instead I chose you out of the world), because of this the world hates you.

20 Remember the word (logos) that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, (logos) they will keep your also.

Remember the word that I said to you, A bondman is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.

But all these things they will do to you because of my name, because they have not known him who sent me.

22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak 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 hates me hates my Father also.

He who hates me hates my Father also.

24 If I had not done among them the works which no other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

If I had not done among them the works that no other man has done, they would not have had sin, but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

25 But this comes to pass, that the word (logos) might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

But, that the word that is written in their law may be fulfilled, They hated me without cause.

26 But when the Comforter has come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit (pneuma) of truth, which proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me:

But when the helper comes whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth that proceeds from the Father, that will testify about me.

27 And all of you also shall bear witness, because all of you have been with me from the beginning.

And ye also testify, because ye have been with me from the beginning.