1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vintner. ISV — John 15:1
2 He cuts off every branch that does not produce fruit in me, and he cuts back every branch that does produce fruit, so that it might produce more fruit. ISV — John 15:2
3 You are already clean because of what I’ve spoken to you. ISV — John 15:3
4 “Abide in me, and I will abide in you. Just as the branch cannot produce fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. ISV — John 15:4
5 I am the vine, you are the branches. The one who abides in me while I abide in him a15:5 Lit. and I in him produces much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. ISV — John 15:5
6 Unless a person abides in me, he is thrown away like a pruned b15:6 The Gk. lacks pruned branch and dries up. People gather such branches, c15:6 Lit. They gather them throw them into a fire, and they are burned up. ISV — John 15:6
7 “If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you can ask for anything you want, and you’ll receive it. ISV — John 15:7
8 This is how my Father is glorified, when you produce a lot of fruit and so prove to be my disciples. ISV — John 15:8
9 Just as the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. So abide in my love. ISV — John 15:9
10 If you keep my commandments, you’ll abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. ISV — John 15:10
11 I’ve told you this, so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. ISV — John 15:11
12 “This is my commandment: that you love one another as I have loved you. ISV — John 15:12
13 No one shows d15:13 Lit. has greater love than when he lays down his life for his friends. ISV — John 15:13
14 You are my friends, if you do what I command you. ISV — John 15:14
15 I don’t call you servants anymore, because a servant doesn’t know what his master is doing. But I’ve called you friends, because I’ve made known to you everything that I’ve heard from my Father. ISV — John 15:15
16 “You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you. I have appointed you to go and produce fruit that will last, e15:16 Lit. produce fruit, and your fruit is to last so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you. ISV — John 15:16
17 I am giving you these commandments so that you may love one another.” ISV — John 15:17
18 “If the world hates you, you should realize that it hated me before you. ISV — John 15:18
19 If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as one of its own. But because you do not belong to the world and I have chosen you out of it, f15:19 Lit. out of the world the world hates you. ISV — John 15:19
20 Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. ISV — John 15:20
21 They will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me. ISV — John 15:21
22 “If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have any sin. But now they have no excuse for their sin. ISV — John 15:22
23 The person who hates me also hates my Father. ISV — John 15:23
24 If I hadn’t done among them the actions that no one else did, they wouldn’t have any sin. But now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. ISV — John 15:24
25 But this happened so that g15:25 Lit. But so that what has been written in their Law might be fulfilled: ‘They hated me for no reason.’ h15:25 Cf. Ps 35:19; 69:4 ISV — John 15:25
26 “When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father— the Spirit of Truth, who comes from the Father—he will testify on my behalf. ISV — John 15:26
27 You will testify also, because you have been with me from the beginning. ISV — John 15:27