John 15

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

'I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman;

2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he trimmeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

every branch in me not bearing fruit, He doth take it away, and every one bearing fruit, He doth cleanse by pruning it, that it may bear more fruit;

3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken to you.

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

4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

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 ye, if ye may not remain in me.

5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

'I am the vine, ye the branches; he who is remaining in me, and I in him, this one doth bear much fruit, because apart from me ye are not able to do anything;

6 If a man abideth not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

if any one may not remain in me, he was cast forth without as the branch, and was withered, and they gather them, and cast to fire, and they are burned;

7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done to you.

if ye may remain in me, and my sayings in you may remain, whatever ye may wish ye shall ask, and it shall be done to you.

8 In this is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

'In this was my Father glorified, that ye may bear much fruit, and ye shall become my disciples.

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

According as the Father did love me, I also 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 my commandments ye may keep, ye shall remain in my love, according as I the commands of my Father have kept, and do remain in His love;

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

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

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

'This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

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

ye are my friends, if ye may do whatever I command you;

15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

no more do I call you servants, because the servant hath not known what his lord doth, and you I have called friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I did make known to you.

16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

'Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and did appoint you, that ye might go away, and might bear fruit, and your fruit might remain, that whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, He may give you.

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

'These things I command you, that ye love one another;

18 If the world hateth you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

if the world doth hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before you;

19 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, therefore the world hateth you.

if of the world ye were, the world its own would have been loving, and because of the world ye are not — but I chose out of the world — because of this the world hateth you.

20 Remember the word that I said to you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

'Remember the word that I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; if me they did persecute, you also they will persecute; if my word they did keep, yours also they will keep;

21 But all these things will they do to you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.

but all these things will they do to you, because of my name, because they have not known Him who sent me;

22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.

if I had not come and spoken to them, they were not having sin; but now pretext they have not for their sin.

23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

'He who is hating me, doth hate also my Father;

24 If I had not done among them the works which no other man hath done, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

if I did not do among them the works that no other hath done, they were not having sin, and now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father;

25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

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

26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify concerning me:

'And when the Comforter may come, whom I will send to you from the Father — the Spirit of truth, who from the Father doth come forth, he will testify of me;

27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

and ye also do testify, because from the beginning ye are with me.