John 15 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 15

I

am

the

TRUE

vine,

and

My

Father

is

the

keeper of the vineyard.

He cuts off

every

branch

in

Me

that bears no

fruit,

and

every branch

that

does bear

fruit,

He prunes

to make it

even more fruitful.

You

are

already

clean

because of

the

word

I have spoken

to you.

Remain

in

Me,

and I will remain

in

you.

Just as

no

branch

can

bear

fruit

by itself

unless

it remains

in

the

vine,

neither can

you bear fruit

unless

you remain

in

Me.

I

am

the

vine

and you are

the

branches.

The one who

remains

in

Me,

and I

in

him,

will bear

much

fruit.

For

apart from

Me

you can

do

nothing.

If

anyone

does not

remain

in

Me,

he is like

a

branch

that is thrown

away

and

withers.

Such branches

are gathered up,

thrown

into

the

fire,

and

burned.

If

you remain

in

Me

and

My

words

remain

in

you,

ask

whatever

you wish,

and

it will be done

for you.

This is to

My

Father’s

glory,

that

you bear

much

fruit,

proving yourselves to be

My

disciples.

As

the

Father

has loved

Me,

so

have I loved

you.

Remain

in

My

love.

If

you keep

My

commandments,

you will remain

in

My

love,

just as

I

have kept

My

Father’s

commandments

and

remain

in

His

love.

I have told

you

these things

so that

My

joy

may be

in

you

and

your

joy

may be complete.

This

is

My

commandment,

that

you love

one another

as

I have loved

you.

Greater

love

has

no one

than this,

that

he

lay down

his

life

for

his

friends.

You

are

My

friends

if

you do

what

I

command

you.

No longer

do I call

you

servants,

for

a servant

does not

understand

what

his

master

is doing.

But

I have called

you

friends,

because

everything

I have learned

from

My

Father

I have made known

to you.

You

did not

choose

Me,

but

I

chose

you.

And

I appointed

you

to

go

and

bear

fruit—

fruit

that will remain—

so that

whatever

you ask

the

Father

in

My

name,

He will give

you.

This

is My command

to you:

Love

one another.

If

the

world

hates

you,

understand

that

it hated

Me

first.

If

you were

of

the

world,

it

would love you

as its

own.

Instead,

the

world

hates

you,

because

you are

not

of

the

world,

but

I

have chosen

you

out of

the

world.

Remember

the

word

that

I

spoke

to you:

‘No

servant

is

greater than

his

master.’

If

they persecuted

Me,

they will persecute

you

as well;

if

they kept

My

word,

they will keep

yours

as well.

But

they will treat

you

like this

on account of

My

name,

because

they do not know

the One who

sent

Me.

If

I had not come

and

spoken

to them,

they would not be guilty of sin.

Now,

however,

they have

no

excuse

for

their

sin.

Whoever

hates

Me

hates

My

Father

as well.

If

I had not done

among

them

the

works

that

no one

else

did,

they would not be guilty of sin;

but

now

they have seen

and

hated

both

Me

and

My

Father.

But this is

to

fulfill

what

is written

in

their

Law:

‘They hated

Me

without reason.’

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.

And

you

also

must testify,

because

you have been

with

Me

from

the beginning.

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