John 15:4–16

⁴“^aAbide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit ¹of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.

⁵“I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he ^abears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.

⁶“If anyone does not abide in Me, he is ^athrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned.

⁷“If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ^aask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

⁸“My ^aFather is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so ^1bprove to be My disciples.

⁹“Just as ^athe Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love.

¹⁰“^aIf you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as ^bI have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

¹¹“^aThese things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your ^bjoy may be made full.

Disciples’ Relation to Each Other

¹²“This is ^aMy commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.

¹³“^aGreater love has no one than this, that one ^blay down his life for his friends.

¹⁴“You are My ^afriends if ^byou do what I command you.

¹⁵“No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for ^aall things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.

¹⁶“^aYou did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and ^bbear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that ^cwhatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.