John 15

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

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

2 Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

Any branch in me which does not produce fruit He lifts up, and every one producing fruit He prunes, so that it may produce more fruit.

3 You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

You are already clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.

4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.

Abide in me and I in you. Just as a branch is incapable of producing fruit by itself, except it remains in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in me.

5 I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

“I am the vine, and you are the branches. The one who abides in me and I in him, he is the one who produces much fruit, because apart from me you are incapable of doing anything.

6 If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown out, like a branch, and dries up; well they gather such and throw them into the fire, and he is burned up.

7 If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

If you abide in me and my sayings abide in you, you will ask whatever you desire and it will happen for you.

8 “In this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.

My Father is glorified by this: that you produce much fruit; and you will become disciples to me.

9 Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love.

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

10 If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, even as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain 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 I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.

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

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

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

13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

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

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

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

15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

“I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his owner is doing; rather I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I heard from my Father.

16 You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

It was not you who chose me but I who chose you, and I appointed you so that you should go and produce fruit, and that your fruit should endure, so that whatever you may ask the Father in my name He may give you.

17 “I command these things to you, that you may love one another.

These things I command you so that you love one another.

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

“When the world hates you, you can be sure that it has hated me first.

19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

If you were of the world, the world would be fond of its own. So because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, that is why the world hates you.

20 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.

Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is not greater than his owner.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

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

Now they will do all of these things to you because of my name, in that they do not know the One who sent me.

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

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

23 He who hates me, hates my Father also.

The one who hates me hates my Father too.

24 If I hadn’t done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn’t have had sin. But now they have seen and also hated both me and my Father.

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

25 But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’

However, this was so that the statement written in their law might be fulfilled, ‘They hated me without cause.’

26 “When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.

“Now when the Enabler comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of the Truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify concerning me.

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

And you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.