John 15

I am ^athe true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. ^2bEvery branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. ³Now ^cye are clean through ^dthe word which I have spoken unto you. ^4eAbide 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. ⁵I am the vine, ^fye are the branches: ^eHe that abideth in me, and I in him, the same ^gbringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. ⁶If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and ^his withered; and ⁱmen gather them, and ^ijcast them into the fire, and ⁱthey are burned. ^7kIf ye abide in me, and ^dmy words abide in you, ^lye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. ^8mHerein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; ^kso shall ye be my disciples. ⁹As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in ⁿmy love. ^10oIf ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept ^pmy Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

¹¹These things have I spoken unto you, that ^qmy joy might remain in you, and ^rthat your joy might be full. ¹²This is my commandment, ^sThat ye love one another, as I have loved you. ^13tGreater love hath no man than this, ^uthat a man lay down his life for his friends. ¹⁴Ye are ^xmy friends, ^yif ye do whatsoever I command you. ¹⁵Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that ^zI have heard of my Father ^aI have made known unto you. ¹⁶Ye have not chosen me, but ^bI have chosen you, and ^cordained you, that you should go and ^dbring forth fruit, and that ^eyour fruit should remain: that ^fwhatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. ¹⁷These things I command you, ^gthat ye love one another. ¹⁸If ^hthe world hate you, ye know that it hated me ⁱbefore it hated you. ^19kIf ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but ^lbecause ye are not of the world, but ^bI have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. ²⁰Remember the word that I said unto you, ^mThe servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, ⁿthey will also persecute you; ^oif they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. ²¹But ^pall these things will they do unto you ^qfor my name’s sake, ^rbecause they know not him that sent me. ²²If I had not come and spoken unto them, ^sthey had not had sin: ^tbut now they have no ^ucloke for their sin. ²³He that hateth me hateth my Father also. ²⁴If I had not done among them ^xthe works which none other man did, ^sthey had not had sin: but now have they both ^yseen and ^zhated both me and my Father. ²⁵But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in ^atheir law, ^bThey hated me without a cause. ²⁶But when ^cthe Comforter is come, ^dwhom I will send unto you from the Father, even ^ethe Spirit of truth, ^dwhich proceedeth from the Father, ^fhe shall testify of me: ²⁷and ^gye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me ^hfrom the beginning.

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