John 15

I Am the True Vine

15“I am the ^rtrue vine, and my Father is ^sthe vinedresser. ^2tEvery branch in me that does not bear fruit ^uhe takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, ^vthat it may bear more fruit. ³Already ^wyou are clean ^xbecause of the word that I have spoken to you. ^4yAbide ^zin me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. ⁵I am the vine; ^ayou are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that ^bbears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. ⁶If anyone does not abide in me, ^che is thrown away like a branch and withers; ^dand the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. ⁷If ^eyou abide in me, and my words abide in you, ^fask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. ^8gBy this my Father is glorified, that you ^hbear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. ⁹ⁱAs the Father has loved me, ^jso have I loved you. Abide in my love. ^10kIf you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as ^lI have kept ^mmy Father’s commandments and abide in his love. ¹¹These things I have spoken to you, ⁿthat my joy may be in you, and that ^oyour joy may be full.

^12p“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. ^13qGreater love has no one than this, ^rthat someone lay down his life for his friends. ¹⁴You are ^smy friends ^tif you do what I command you. ^15uNo longer do I call you servants,¹ for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for ^xall that I have heard from my Father ^yI have made known to you. ¹⁶You did not choose me, but ^zI chose you and appointed you that you should go and ^abear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that ^bwhatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. ¹⁷These things I command you, ^cso that you will love one another.

The Hatred of the World

^18d“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. ^19eIf you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because ^fyou are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. ²⁰Remember the word that I said to you: ^g‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, ^hthey will also persecute you. ⁱIf they kept my word, they will also keep yours. ²¹But ^jall these things they will do to you ^kon account of my name, ^lbecause they do not know him who sent me. ²²If I had not come and spoken to them, ^mthey would not have been guilty of sin,³ but now they have no excuse for their sin. ²³ⁿWhoever hates me hates my Father also. ^24oIf I had not done among them the works that no one else did, ^mthey would not be guilty of sin, but now they have ^pseen and hated both me and my Father. ²⁵But ^qthe word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ^r‘They hated me without a cause.’

²⁶“But ^swhen the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, ^the will bear witness about me. ²⁷And ^uyou also will bear witness, ^vbecause you have been with me ^wfrom the beginning.