< John 15 >
1 “I AM the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser;
I, am the real vine, and, my Father, is, the husbandman.
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;
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, He taketh it away; and, every one that beareth, fruit, He pruneth it, that, more fruit, it may bear.
3 you are already clean, because of the word that I have spoken to you;
Already, ye, are, pure, because of the word which I have spoken unto 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.
Abide in me, and, I, in you. Just as, the branch, cannot be bearing fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine, so, neither, ye, except, in me, ye abide.
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: Ye, are the branches. He that abideth in me and, I, in him, the same, beareth much fruit; because, apart from me, ye can bring forth, 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 one abide not me, he is cast out as the branch, and withered, and they gather them, —and, into fire, they cast them, and they are 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 ye abide in me, and, my sayings, in you, abide, whatsoever ye may be desiring, ask! and it shall be brought to pass for you.
8 In this was My Father glorified, that you may bear much fruit, and you will become My disciples.
Herein, was my Father glorified, that, much fruit, ye should bear, and become my disciples.
9 According as the Father loved Me, I also loved you, remain in My love;
Just as the Father loved me, I also, loved you: Abide ye 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, my commandments, ye keep, ye shall abide in my love, —just as, I, the Father’s commandments, have kept, and abide in his love.
11 these things I have spoken to you, that My joy in you may remain, and your joy may be full.
These things, have I spoken unto you, that, my own joy, in you, may be, and, your joy, may be made full.
12 This is My command, that you love one another, according as I loved you;
This, is my own commandment, That ye be loving one another, just as I loved you.
13 greater love has no one than this, that anyone may lay down his life for his friends;
Greater love than this, hath, no one, That, his life, one should lay down in behalf of his friends.
14 you are My friends if you may do whatever I command you;
Ye, are, friends of mine, if ye be doing that which, I, am commanding you.
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 call you, servants, for, the servant, knoweth not what, his lord, is doing. But, you, I have called, friends, because, all things which I heard from my Father, made I known unto you.
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.
Not, ye, chose, me, but, I, chose you, and placed you, that ye should go your way and bear, fruit, —and, your fruit, should abide: that, whatsoever ye should ask the Father in my name, he might give unto you.
17 These things I command you, that you love one another;
These things, I command you, That ye be loving one another.
18 if the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before you;
If, the world, is hating, you, ye are getting to know that, me, before you, it hath hated.
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, of the world, ye had been, the world, of its own, had been fond; but, because, of the world, ye are not, on the contrary, I, chose you out of the world, therefore, the world, doth hate you.
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;
Remember the word which, I, spake unto you: A servant is not greater than his lord. If, me, they persecuted, you too, will they persecute, —If, my word, they kept, your own also, will they keep.
21 but all these things will they do to you, because of My Name, because they have not known Him who sent Me;
But, all these things, will they do unto you, on account of my name, because they know not him that 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.
Had I not come and spoken unto them, Sin, had they none; but, now, have they no, excuse, for their sin.
23 He who is hating Me, hates My Father also;
He that hateth me, hateth, my Father also.
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;
Had I not done among them, the works, which, no other, had done, sin, had they none; but, now, have they, both seen and hated both me and my Father.
25 but—that the word may be fulfilled that was written in their law—They hated Me without a cause.
But…that the word which, in their law, is written, might be fulfilled—They hated me 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;
Whensoever the Advocate shall come, Whom, I, will send unto you from the Father, The Spirit of truth, which, from the Father, cometh forth, He, will bear witness concerning me;
27 and you also testify, because you are with Me from the beginning.”
And do, ye also, bear witness, because, from the beginning, ye are, with me,