John 15:4–16

^4dAbide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, 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, bears much ^efruit; for without Me you can do ^fnothing. ⁶If anyone does not abide in Me, ^ghe is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. ⁷If you abide in Me, and My words ^habide in you, ⁱyou ²will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. ^8jBy this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; ^kso you will be My disciples.

⁹“As the Father ^lloved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. ^10mIf 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 I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and ⁿthat your joy may be full.

The Relationship of Believers to Each Other

^12oThis is My ^pcommandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. ^13qGreater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. ^14rYou are My friends if you do whatever I command you. ¹⁵No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, ^sfor all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you. ^16tYou did not choose Me, but I chose you and ^uappointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father ^vin My name He may give you.