John 15
The branches must stay in the *vine
1 ‘I am the proper *vine, and my Father is the gardener.
2 Some branches that are part of me may have no fruit on them. So, my Father removes those branches. And he cuts short every branch that does make fruit. He cleans all those branches, so that they will make more fruit.
3 The words that I have spoken to you have made you clean already.
4 Continue to live in me, and I will continue to live in you. A branch cannot make fruit by itself. It can make fruit only if it continues to be part of the *vine. You are like that. You cannot make fruit unless you continue to live in me.’
5 ‘I am the *vine, and you are the branches. You must remain in me and I must remain in you. Only if you do that will you make plenty of fruit. That is because you can do nothing without me.
6 If anyone does not remain in me, that person is like a dead branch. The gardener will throw that branch away and it will become dry. People take those dry branches and they throw them into the fire. So, those dry branches burn.
7 You must remain in me, and my words must remain in you. So then you can ask for anything that you want. And God will do it for you.
8 If you make plenty of fruit, you will be my *disciples. You will show how great and how good my Father is.’ note
9 ‘I have loved you as the Father has loved me. Continue to know that I love you.
10 You must obey everything that I have taught you. So, as a result, you will continue to know that I love you. In the same way, I have obeyed everything that the Father has asked me to do. So, as a result, I continue to know that he loves me.
11 I have told you these things so that you can be really happy. You can be happy in the same way that I myself am happy. So you will be completely happy.’
12 ‘I tell you that you must do this: You must love each other, as I have loved you.
13 A person really loves his friends if he dies on behalf of them. Nobody could love anyone more than that.
14 And you are my friends, if you obey me. You must do what I ask you to do.
15 A servant does not know what his master is doing. So I do not call you servants any longer. But I have told you everything that I have heard from my Father. So, I call you friends.
16 You did not choose me, but I chose you. I chose you for a purpose. You must go and you must make fruit. You must make the kind of fruit that will continue. So, as a result, the Father will give you anything that you ask him. If you ask him in my name (because you are mine), he will give it to you.
17 This is what you must do: You must love each other.’ note
The world *hates the *disciples
18 ‘The people who belong to this world may *hate you. But remember this: They *hated me before they *hated you.
19 If you belonged to this world, this world’s people would love you. They would love you because you would belong with them. But I chose you so that you would be separate from this world’s people. You do not belong with them, so they *hate you.
20 Remember what I told you, “No slave is more important than his master.” If they have caused trouble for me, they will cause trouble for you, too. But if they have obeyed my words, they will obey your words, too.
21 They will do all these things to you because of me. They do not know him who sent me. That is why they will do these things.’
22 ‘I have come and I have spoken to them. If I had not done that, they would not have done anything wrong. But now they cannot say, “We have not done anything wrong.”
23 Anyone who *hates me *hates my Father also.
24 I did many great things when I was with them. Nobody else ever did things like that. If I had not done those things among them, they would not have done anything wrong. But they have seen what I did. And they have *hated me. And they have hated my Father too.
25 But this had to happen. Their book of rules (the *Old Testament) says, “They *hated me without any good reason.” And what it says had to happen.’ note
26 ‘But I will send the Helper to you from the Father. The Helper is the Spirit who speaks only true things. He comes from the Father. And he will speak about me.
27 You must speak about me, too, because you have been with me from the beginning.’
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