John 15

1 “I AM the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser;

I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.

2 every branch not bearing fruit in Me, He takes it away, and everyone bearing fruit, He cleanses by pruning it, that it may bear more fruit;

He takes away every branch in me which has no fruit, and every branch which has fruit he makes clean, so that it may have more fruit.

3 you are already clean, because of the word that I have spoken to you;

You are clean, even now, through the teaching which I have given you.

4 remain in Me, and I in you, as the branch is not able to bear fruit of itself, if it may not remain in the vine, so neither you, if you may not remain in Me.

Be in me at all times as I am in you. As the branch is not able to give fruit of itself, if it is not still on the vine, so you are not able to do so if you are not in me.

5 I AM the vine, you the branches; he who is remaining in Me, and I in him, this one bears much fruit, because apart from Me you are not able to do anything;

I am the vine, you are the branches: he who is in me at all times as I am in him, gives much fruit, because without me you are able to do nothing.

6 if anyone may not remain in Me, he was cast forth outside as the branch, and was withered, and they gather them, and cast into fire, and they are burned;

If a man does not keep himself in me, he becomes dead and is cut off like a dry branch; such branches are taken up and put in the fire and burned.

7 if you may remain in Me, and My sayings may remain in you, whatever you may wish you will ask, and it will be done to you.

If you are in me at all times, and my words are in you, then anything for which you make a request will be done for you.

8 In this was My Father glorified, that you may bear much fruit, and you will become My disciples.

Here is my Father's glory, in that you give much fruit and so are my true disciples.

9 According as the Father loved Me, I also loved you, remain in My love;

Even as the Father has given me his love, so I have given my love to you: be ever in my love.

10 if you may keep My commands, you will remain in My love, according as I have kept the commands of My Father, and remain in His love;

If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love.

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

I have said these things to you so that I may have joy in you and so that your joy may be complete.

12 This is My command, that you love one another, according as I loved you;

This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.

13 greater love has no one than this, that anyone may lay down his life for his friends;

Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends.

14 you are My friends if you may do whatever I command you;

You are my friends, if you do what I give you orders to do.

15 I no longer call you servants, because the servant has not known what his lord does, and I have called you friends, because all things that I heard from My Father, I made known to you.

No longer do I give you the name of servants; because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me.

16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you might go away, and might bear fruit, and your fruit might remain, that whatever you may ask of the Father in My Name, He may give you.

You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you.

17 These things I command you, that you love one another;

So this is my law for you: Have love one for another.

18 if the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before you;

If you are hated by the world, keep in mind that I was hated by the world before you.

19 if you were of the world, the world would have been cherishing its own, but because you are not of the world, but I chose [you] out of the world—because of this the world hates you.

If you were of the world, you would be loved by the world: but because you are not of the world, but I have taken you out of the world, you are hated by the world.

20 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;

Keep in mind the words I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they were cruel to me, they will be cruel to you; if they kept my words, they will keep yours.

21 but all these things will they do to you, because of My Name, because they have not known Him who sent Me;

They will do all this to you because of my name — because they have no knowledge of him who sent me.

22 if I had not come and spoken to them, they were not having sin; but now they have no pretext for their sin.

If I had not come and been their teacher they would have had no sin: but now they have no reason to give for their sin.

23 He who is hating Me, hates My Father also;

He who has hate for me has hate for my Father.

24 if I did not do among them the works that no other has done, they were not having sin, and now they have both seen and hated both Me and My Father;

If I had not done among them the works which no other man ever did, they would have had no sin: but now they have seen, and they have had hate in their hearts for me and my Father.

25 but—that the word may be fulfilled that was written in their law—They hated Me without a cause.

This comes about so that the writing in their law may be made true, Their hate for me was without cause.

26 And when the Comforter may come, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth, who comes forth from the Father, He will testify of Me;

When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father even the Spirit of true knowledge who comes from the Father — he will give witness about me;

27 and you also testify, because you are with Me from the beginning.”

And you, in addition, will give witness because you have been with me from the first.