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 in me that beareth not fruit He taketh away, and every one that beareth fruit, He purgeth, that it may bear more fruit.

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 ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

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

4 Abide therefore in me, and I will abide in you: for as the branch cannot bear fruit of it self, unless it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide 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, ye are the branches; he that abideth in me, and I in him, beareth much fruit: but without me ye can do nothing.

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 If any one abide not in me, he is cast out as a useless branch and withereth: and they gather them up, and throw them into the fire, and they are burnt.

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 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask what ye will, and it shall be granted 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 Herein is my father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and so shall ye be my disciples.

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

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

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

10 and if ye keep my commandments ye will continue in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and continue 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 things have I spoken unto you, that my joy in you may continue, 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 ye love one another, as I have loved you.

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

13 Greater love hath no one than this, 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 and ye are my friends, if ye do what I command you.

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

15 I no longer stile you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doth: but I have called you friends; for whatsoever I have heard from my Father, I have made known to 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 Ye did not first choose me, but I chose you, and have appointed you to go forth, and bear fruit, and that your fruit should be lasting: that whatsoever ye ask the Father in my name, He may give it 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 commands I give you, that ye should love one another.

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

18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me first.

“If the world hates you, know that it hated me before it hated 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 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 what I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you: if they have observed my word, they will also observe yours.

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 all these things will they do unto you, on my account, because they know not Him that 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 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 no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.

23 He that hateth me, hateth my Father also.

Whoever hates me hates my Father also.

24 If I had not done among them such works as no other ever did, they had not comparatively had sin: but now they have both 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 But thus it is that the word might be fulfilled, which is written in their law, they hated me without a cause.

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

26 But when the comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, (even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, ) 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 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

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