John 15

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

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

[As to] every branch in me not bearing fruit, he takes it away; and [as to] every one bearing fruit, he purges it that it may bring forth more fruit.

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

Ye are already clean by reason of the word which I have spoken to you.

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

Abide in me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abide in the vine, thus neither [can] ye unless ye abide in me.

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

I am the vine, ye [are] the branches. He that abides in me and I in him, he bears much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing.

6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and withers; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

Unless any one abide in me he is cast out as the branch, and is dried up; and they gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

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

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall come to pass to you.

8 "In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.

In this is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit, and ye shall become disciples of mine.

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

As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you: abide in my love.

10 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.

If ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love, as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.

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

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

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

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

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

No one has greater love than this, that one should lay down his life for his friends.

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

Ye are my friends if ye practise whatever I command you.

15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father I have made known to you.

I call you no longer bondmen, for the bondman does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things which I have heard of my Father I have made known to you.

16 You did not 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.

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and have set you that ye should go and [that] ye should bear fruit, and [that] your fruit should abide, that whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he may give you.

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

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

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

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

19 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.

If ye were of the world, the world would love its own; but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on account of this the world hates you.

20 Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

Remember the word which I said unto you, The bondman is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep also yours.

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

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

22 If I had 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 had not had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

23 He who hates me hates my Father also.

He that hates me hates also my Father.

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

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

25 But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which is written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.'

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

26 "When the Helper 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.

But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes forth from with the Father, he shall bear witness concerning me;

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

and ye too bear witness, because ye are with me from [the] beginning.