I AM THE TRUE VINE, AND MY FATHER IS THE GARDENER.
JOHN 15:2
HE CUTS OFF EVERY BRANCH IN ME THAT BEARS NO FRUIT, WHILE EVERY BRANCH THAT DOES BEAR FRUIT HE PRUNES SO THAT IT WILL BE EVEN MORE FRUITFUL.
JOHN 15:3
YOU ARE ALREADY CLEAN BECAUSE OF THE WORD I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU.
JOHN 15:4
REMAIN IN ME, AS I ALSO REMAIN IN YOU. NO BRANCH CAN BEAR FRUIT BY ITSELF; IT MUST REMAIN IN THE VINE. NEITHER CAN YOU BEAR FRUIT UNLESS YOU REMAIN IN ME.
JOHN 15:5
I AM THE VINE; YOU ARE THE BRANCHES. IF YOU REMAIN IN ME AND I IN YOU, YOU WILL BEAR MUCH FRUIT; APART FROM ME YOU CAN DO NOTHING.
JOHN 15:6
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.
JOHN 15:7
IF YOU REMAIN IN ME AND MY WORDS REMAIN IN YOU, ASK WHATEVER YOU WISH, AND IT WILL BE DONE FOR YOU.
JOHN 15:8
THIS IS TO MY FATHER'S GLORY, THAT YOU BEAR MUCH FRUIT, SHOWING YOURSELVES TO BE MY DISCIPLES.
JOHN 15:9
AS THE FATHER HAS LOVED ME, SO HAVE I LOVED YOU. NOW REMAIN IN MY LOVE.
JOHN 15:10
IF YOU KEEP MY COMMANDS, YOU WILL REMAIN IN MY LOVE, JUST AS I HAVE KEPT MY FATHER'S COMMANDS AND REMAIN IN HIS LOVE.
JOHN 15:11
I HAVE TOLD YOU THIS SO THAT MY JOY MAY BE IN YOU AND THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE COMPLETE.
JOHN 15:12
MY COMMAND IS THIS: LOVE EACH OTHER AS I HAVE LOVED YOU.
JOHN 15:13
GREATER LOVE HAS NO ONE THAN THIS: TO LAY DOWN ONE'S LIFE FOR ONE'S FRIENDS.John 15:
JOHN 15:14
YOU ARE MY FRIENDS IF YOU DO WHAT I COMMAND.
JOHN 15:15
I NO LONGER CALL YOU SERVANTS, BECAUSE A SERVANT DOES NOT KNOW HIS MASTER'S BUSINESS. INSTEAD, I HAVE CALLED YOU FRIENDS, FOR EVERYTHING THAT I LEARNED FROM MY FATHER I HAVE MADE KNOWN TO YOU.
JOHN 15:16
YOU DID NOT CHOOSE ME, BUT I CHOSE YOU AND APPOINTED YOU SO THAT YOU MIGHT GO AND BEAR FRUIT--FRUIT THAT WILL LAST--AND SO THAT WHATEVER YOU ASK IN MY NAME THE FATHER WILL GIVE YOU.
JOHN 15:17
THIS IS MY COMMAND: LOVE EACH OTHER.
JOHN 15:18
IF THE WORLD HATES YOU, KEEP IN MIND THAT IT HATED ME FIRST.
JOHN 15:19
IF YOU BELONGED TO THE WORLD, IT WOULD LOVE YOU AS ITS OWN. AS IT IS, YOU DO NOT BELONG TO THE WORLD, BUT I HAVE CHOSEN YOU OUT OF THE WORLD. THAT IS WHY THE WORLD HATES YOU.
JOHN 15:20
REMEMBER WHAT I TOLD YOU: 'A SERVANT IS NOT GREATER THAN HIS MASTER.' IF THEY PERSECUTED ME, THEY WILL PERSECUTE YOU ALSO. IF THEY OBEYED MY TEACHING, THEY WILL OBEY YOURS ALSO.
JOHN 15:23
WHOEVER HATES ME HATES MY FATHER AS WELL.
JOHN 15:22
IF I HAD NOT COME AND SPOKEN TO THEM, THEY WOULD NOT BE GUILTY OF SIN; BUT NOW THEY HAVE NO EXCUSE FOR THEIR SIN.
JOHN 15:23
WHOEVER HATES ME HATES MY FATHER AS WELL.
JOHN 15:24
IF I HAD NOT DONE AMONG THEM THE WORKS NO ONE ELSE DID, THEY WOULD NOT BE GUILTY OF SIN. AS IT IS, THEY HAVE SEEN, AND YET THEY HAVE HATED BOTH ME AND MY FATHER.
JOHN 15:25
BUT THIS IS TO FULFILL WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THEIR LAW: 'THEY HATED ME WITHOUT REASON.'
JOHN 15:26
WHEN THE ADVOCATE COMES, WHOM I WILL SEND TO YOU FROM THE FATHER--THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH WHO GOES OUT FROM THE FATHER--HE WILL TESTIFY ABOUT ME.
JOHN 15:27
And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning.