John 15
1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine-grower.
2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit.
Any unfruitful branch in me he takes away, and he cleanses every fruitful branch, so that it may bear more fruit.
3 Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you.
You are already clean because of the message that I have given you.
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me.
Remain united to me, and I will remain united to you. As a branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains united to the vine; no more can you, unless you remain united to me.
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.
I am the vine, you are the branches. If you remain united to me, while I remain united to you – you bear fruit plentifully; for you can do nothing apart from me.
6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
If anyone does not remain united to me, they are thrown away, as a branch would be, and withers up. Such branches are collected and thrown into the fire, and are burnt.
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
If you remain united to me, and my teaching remains in your hearts, ask whatever you wish, and it will be yours.
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and [so] shall ye be my disciples.
It is by your bearing fruit plentifully, and so showing yourselves my disciples, that my Father is honored.
9 Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love.
As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; remain in my love.
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 you lay my commands to heart, you will remain in my love; just as I have laid the Father’s commands to heart and remain in his love.
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may be in you, and [that] your joy may be fulfilled.
I have told you all this so that my own joy may be yours, and that your joy may be complete.
12 This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.
This is my command – 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.
No one can give greater proof of love than by laying down their life for their friends.
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.
And you are my friends, if you do what I command you.
15 No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father I have made known unto you.
I no longer call you ‘servants,’ because a servant does not know what their master is doing; but I have given you the name of ‘friends,’ because I made known to you everything that I learned from my Father.
16 Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and [that] your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
It wasn’t you who chose me, but I who chose you, and I appointed you to go and bear fruit – fruit that should remain, so that the Father might grant you whatever you ask in my name.
17 These things I command you, that ye may love one another.
I am giving you these commands that you may love one another.
18 If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before [it hated] you.
If the world hates you, you know that it has first hated me.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world – that is why the world hates you.
20 Remember the word that I said unto 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 keep yours also.
Remember what I said to you – ‘A servant is not greater than their master.’ If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have laid my message to heart, they will lay yours to heart 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 they will do all this to you, because you believe in my name, for they do not know him who sent me.
22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin.
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have had no sin to answer for; but as it is, they have no excuse for their sin.
23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
The person who hates me hates my Father also.
24 If I had not done among them the works which none other 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 such work as no one else ever did, they would have had no sin to answer for; but, as it is, they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.
25 But [this cometh to pass], that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
And so is fulfilled what is said in their Law – ‘They hated me without cause.’
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 bear witness of me:
But, when the helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father – the Spirit of truth, who comes from the Father – will bear testimony to me;
27 and ye also bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
yes, and you also are to bear testimony, because you have been with me from the first.
