John 15:4–16

Remain in me, as I also remain in you.^f No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit;^g apart from me you can do nothing. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.^h If you remain in meⁱ and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.^j This is to my Father’s glory,^k that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.^l

“As the Father has loved me,^m so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands,ⁿ you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.^o My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.^p Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.^q You are my friends^r if you do what I command.^s I no longer call you servants, because servants do not know their master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.^t You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you^u so that you might go and bear fruit^v—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.^w