John 15:1-17.
John 15:1-17 (Good News Translation)
1I am the real vine, and my Father is the gardener.
2He breaks off every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and
he prunes every branch that does bear fruit, so that it will be clean and
bear more fruit.
3You have been made clean already by the teaching I have given
you.
4Remain united to me, and I will remain united to you. A branch
cannot bear fruit by itself; it can do so only if it remains in the vine.
In the same way you cannot bear fruit unless you remain in me.
5I am the vine, and you are the branches. Those who remain in
me, and I in them, will bear much fruit; for you can do nothing without
me.
6Those who do not remain in me are thrown out like a branch and
dry up; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, where they
are burned.
7If you remain in me and my words remain in you, then you will
ask for anything you wish, and you shall have it.
8My Father's glory is shown by your bearing much fruit; and in
this way you become my disciples.
9I love you just as the Father loves me; remain in my love.
10If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as
I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love.
11I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that
your joy may be complete.
12My commandment is this: love one another, just as I love you.
13The greatest love you can have for your friends is to give
your life for them.
14And you are my friends if you do what I command you.
15I do not call you servants any longer, because servants do
not know what their master is doing. Instead, I call you friends, because
I have told you everything I heard from my Father.
16You did not choose me; I chose you and appointed you to go
and bear much fruit, the kind of fruit that endures. And so the Father
will give you whatever you ask of him in my name.
17This, then, is what I command you: love one another.
God bless you.
1I am the real vine, and my Father is the gardener.
2He breaks off every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and
he prunes every branch that does bear fruit, so that it will be clean and
bear more fruit.
3You have been made clean already by the teaching I have given
you.
4Remain united to me, and I will remain united to you. A branch
cannot bear fruit by itself; it can do so only if it remains in the vine.
In the same way you cannot bear fruit unless you remain in me.
5I am the vine, and you are the branches. Those who remain in
me, and I in them, will bear much fruit; for you can do nothing without
me.
6Those who do not remain in me are thrown out like a branch and
dry up; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, where they
are burned.
7If you remain in me and my words remain in you, then you will
ask for anything you wish, and you shall have it.
8My Father's glory is shown by your bearing much fruit; and in
this way you become my disciples.
9I love you just as the Father loves me; remain in my love.
10If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as
I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love.
11I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that
your joy may be complete.
12My commandment is this: love one another, just as I love you.
13The greatest love you can have for your friends is to give
your life for them.
14And you are my friends if you do what I command you.
15I do not call you servants any longer, because servants do
not know what their master is doing. Instead, I call you friends, because
I have told you everything I heard from my Father.
16You did not choose me; I chose you and appointed you to go
and bear much fruit, the kind of fruit that endures. And so the Father
will give you whatever you ask of him in my name.
17This, then, is what I command you: love one another.
God bless you.
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