" aI am the true
vine
, and My Father
is the bvinedresser
.
"Every branch
in Me that does not bear
fruit
, He takes
away
; and every
branch that bears
fruit
, He 1prunes
it so
that it may bear
more
fruit
.
" aYou are already 1clean
because
of the word
which
I have spoken
to you.
" 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.
"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
.
"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
.
"If you abide
in Me, and My words
abide
in you, aask
whatever
you wish
, and it will be done
for you.
"My aFather is glorified
by this
, that you bear
much
fruit
, and so 1 bprove
to be My disciples
.
"Just as athe Father
has loved
Me, I have also
loved
you; abide
in My love
.
" 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
.
" aThese things
I have spoken
to you so
that My joy
may be in you, and that your bjoy
may be made
full
.
"This is aMy commandment
, that you love
one
another
, just
as I have loved
you.
" aGreater love
has
no
one
than this
, that one
blay
down
his life
for his friends
.
"You are My afriends if
byou do
what
I command
you.
"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.
" 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.
"This aI command
you, that you love
one
another
.
" aIf the world
hates
you, 1you know
that it has hated
Me before
it hated you.
"If you were of the world
, the world
would love
its own
; but because
you are not of the world
, but aI chose
you out of the world
, bbecause
of this
the world
hates
you.
"Remember the word
that I said
to you, ` aA slave
is not greater
than his master
.' If
they persecuted
Me, bthey will also
persecute
you; if
they ckept
My word
, they will keep
yours
also
.
"But all these
things
they will do
to you afor My name's
sake
, bbecause
they do not know
the One who sent
Me.
" aIf I had not come
and spoken
to them, they would not have
1sin
, but now
they have
no
excuse
for their sin
.
"He who hates Me hates
My Father
also
.
" aIf I had not done
among
them bthe works
which
no
one
else
did
, they would not have
1sin
; but now
they have both
seen
and hated
Me and My Father
as well
.
"But they have done this to fulfill the word
that is written
in their aLaw
, ` bTHEY HATED
ME WITHOUT
A CAUSE
.'
"When the 1 aHelper
comes
, bwhom
I will send
to you from the Father
, that is cthe Spirit
of truth
who
proceeds
from the Father
, dHe will testify
about
Me,
1and ayou will testify also
, because
you have been
with Me bfrom the beginning
.