< John 15 >
1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Every branch which in me giveth not fruits he taketh away; and that which giveth fruits he cleanseth, that more fruits it may give.
3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
Now are you clean because of the word which I have spoken with 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 ye, except ye abide in me.
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot give fruits of itself if it abide not in the vine, so also cannot you, if you abide not in me.
5 I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
I am the vine, and you the branches. Whoso abideth in me, and I in him, this produceth much fruits, because without me you cannot do any thing.
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.
But if a man abide not in me, he is cast without, as a withered branch; and, gathering, they cast it into the fire to burn.
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
But if you abide in me, and my words abide in you, all whatever you will to ask shall be unto you.
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
IN this is glorified my Father, that much fruit you give, and be my disciples.
9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
As my Father hath loved me, so I have loved you: continue in the love of me.
10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
If my commandments you will keep, you shall abide in my love; as I have kept the commandments of my Father, and abide 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 have I spoken with you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
This is my commandment, That you love one another, as I have loved you.
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Love which is greater than this is not, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
You are my friends, if you do all that I command you.
15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
No more I call you servants, for the servant knoweth not what doeth his Lord; but my friends have I called you; wherefore all that I have heard from my Father, I have made known unto you.
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and [that] your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and placed you, that you also may go (and) yield much fruit; and your fruit shall remain, because all that you shall ask the Father in my name, he will give to you.
17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
These I command you, That you love one another.
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before [it hated] you.
And if the world hate you, know that, before you, it hated me.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
And if of the world you were, the world its own would have loved; but you are not of the world, for I have chosen you from the world; on which account the world hateth you.
20 Remember the word 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, they will keep yours also.
Remember the word which I spake with you, That there is no servant who is greater than his lord. If me they have persecuted, you also will they persecute; and if my word they had kept, yours also would they keep.
21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.
But these all will they do to you on account of my name, because they know not Him who sent me.
22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
If I had not come and spoken with them, they had not had sin; but now have they no pretext for their sins.
23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
He who hateth me, my Father also hateth.
24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
And if the works I had not done before their eyes which no other man hath done, they had not had sin; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father;
25 But [this cometh to pass], that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
that the word may be fulfilled which is written in their law, They hated me undeservedly.
26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
But when the Paraclete cometh, He whom I will send unto you from my Father, the Spirit of Truth, He who from my Father cometh forth, He shall testify of me.
27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
You also testify, because from the beginning are you with me.