John 15

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

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.

2 Every branch which in me giveth not fruits he taketh away; and that which giveth fruits he cleanseth, that more fruits it may give.

Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will bear more fruit.

3 Now are you clean because of the word which I have spoken with you.

You have already been pruned by the word I have spoken to you.

4 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.

Abide in me, and I will abide in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you abide in me.

5 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.

I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me, and I in him, bears much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.

6 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.

If anyone does not abide in me, he is thrown out like a branch and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.

7 But if you abide in me, and my words abide in you, all whatever you will to ask shall be unto you.

If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you will ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

8 IN this is glorified my Father, that much fruit you give, and be my disciples.

My Father is glorified when you bear much fruit, and by doing so you will be my disciples.

9 As my Father hath loved me, so I have loved you: continue in the love of me.

Just as the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love.

10 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.

If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.

11 These have I spoken with you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

I have told you these things so that my joy may abide in you, and so that your joy may be full.

12 This is my commandment, That you love one another, as I have loved you.

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

13 Love which is greater than this is not, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

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

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

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

15 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.

No longer do I call you servants, because a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I heard from my Father.

16 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.

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask of the Father in my name he will give you.

17 These I command you, That you love one another.

I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.

18 And if the world hate you, know that, before you, it hated me.

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

19 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.

If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you.

20 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.

Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

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

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

22 If I had not come and spoken with them, they had not had sin; but now have they no pretext for their sins.

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.

23 He who hateth me, my Father also hateth.

Whoever hates me hates my Father also.

24 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;

If I had not done among them the works that no one else had done, they would have no sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.

25 that the word may be fulfilled which is written in their law, They hated me undeservedly.

But this has happened to fulfill what is written in their law: ‘They hated me for no reason.’

26 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.

“When the Helper comes, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.

27 You also testify, because from the beginning are you with me.

You must also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.