John 15

1 "I am the Vine--the True Vine, and my Father is the vine-dresser.

“I AM the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser;

2 Every branch in me--if it bears no fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

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;

3 Already you are cleansed--through the teaching which I have given you.

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

4 Continue in me, and let me continue in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself--that is, if it does not continue in the vine--so neither can you if you do not continue 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 you, if you may not remain in Me.

5 I am the Vine, you are the branches. He who continues in me and in whom I continue bears abundant fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

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;

6 If any one does not continue in me, he is like the unfruitful branch which is at once thrown away and then withers up. Such branches they gather up and throw into the fire and they are burned.

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;

7 "If you continue in me and my sayings continue in you, ask what you will and it shall be done for you.

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.

8 By this is God glorified--by your bearing abundant fruit and thus being true disciples of mine.

In this was My Father glorified, that you may bear much fruit, and you will become My disciples.

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

According as the Father loved Me, I also loved you, remain in My love;

10 If you obey my commands, you will continue in my love, as I have obeyed my Father's commands and continue in His love.

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;

11 "These things I have spoken to you in order that I may have joy in you, and that your joy may become perfect.

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 to you, to love one another as I have loved you.

This is My command, that you love one another, according as I loved you;

13 No one has greater love than this--a man laying down his life for his friends.

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

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

you are My friends if you may do whatever I command you;

15 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 all that I have heard from the Father I have made known to you.

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.

16 It is not you who chose me, but it is I who chose you and appointed you that you might go and be fruitful and that your fruit might remain; so that whatever petition you present to the Father in my name He may give you.

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.

17 "Thus I command you to love one another.

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

18 If the world hates you, remember that it has first had me as the fixed object of its hatred.

if the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before you;

19 If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own property. But because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world--for that reason the world hates you.

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.

20 Bear in mind what I said to you, 'A servant is not superior to his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you: if they have obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.

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;

21 But they will inflict all this suffering upon you on account of your bearing my name--because they do not know Him who 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 would have had no sin; but as the case stands they are without excuse for their sin.

if I had not come and spoken to them, they were not having sin; but now they have no pretext for their sin.

23 He who hates me hates my Father also.

He who is hating Me, hates My Father also;

24 If I had not done among them, as I have, such miracles as no one else ever did, they would have had no sin; but they have in fact seen and also hated both me and my Father.

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;

25 But this has been so, in order that the saying may be fulfilled which stands written in their Law, 'They have hated me without any reason.'

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

26 "When the Advocate is come whom I will send to you from the Father's presence--the Spirit of Truth who comes forth from the Father's presence--He will be a witness concerning me.

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;

27 And you also are witnesses, because you have been with me from the first.

and you also testify, because you are with Me from the beginning.”