John 15:11-16:4a
John 15:11-16:4a
"I have told you this to make you as completely happy as I am. Now I
tell you to love each other, as I have loved you. The greatest way to
show love for friends is to die for them. And you are my friends, if
you obey me. Servants don't know what their master is doing, and so I
don't speak to you as my servants. I speak to you as my friends, and I
have told you everything that my Father has told me.
You did not choose me. I chose you and sent you out to produce fruit,
the kind of fruit that will last. Then my Father will give you
whatever you ask for in my name. So I command you to love each other.
The World's Hatred
If the people of this world hate you, just remember that they hated me
first. If you belonged to the world, its people would love you. But
you don't belong to the world. I have chosen you to leave the world
behind, and that is why its people hate you. Remember how I told you
that servants are not greater than their master. So if people mistreat
me, they will mistreat you. If they do what I say, they will do what
you say. People will do to you exactly what they did to me. They will
do it because you belong to me, and they don't know the one who sent
me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of
sin. But now they have no excuse for their sin. Everyone who hates me
also hates my Father. I have done things that no one else has ever
done. If they had not seen me do these things, they would not be
guilty. But they did see me do these things, and they still hate me
and my Father too. That is why the Scriptures are true when they say,
"People hated me for no reason." I will send you the Spirit who comes
from the Father and shows what is true. The Spirit will help you and
will tell you about me. Then you will also tell others about me,
because you have been with me from the beginning. I am telling you
this to keep you from being afraid. You will be chased out of the
Jewish meeting places. And the time will come when people will kill
you and think they are doing God a favor. They will do these things
because they don't know either the Father or me. I am saying this to
you now, so that when the time comes, you will remember what I have
said."
Jesus is the way. Invite Him into your heart. God bless you.
"I have told you this to make you as completely happy as I am. Now I
tell you to love each other, as I have loved you. The greatest way to
show love for friends is to die for them. And you are my friends, if
you obey me. Servants don't know what their master is doing, and so I
don't speak to you as my servants. I speak to you as my friends, and I
have told you everything that my Father has told me.
You did not choose me. I chose you and sent you out to produce fruit,
the kind of fruit that will last. Then my Father will give you
whatever you ask for in my name. So I command you to love each other.
The World's Hatred
If the people of this world hate you, just remember that they hated me
first. If you belonged to the world, its people would love you. But
you don't belong to the world. I have chosen you to leave the world
behind, and that is why its people hate you. Remember how I told you
that servants are not greater than their master. So if people mistreat
me, they will mistreat you. If they do what I say, they will do what
you say. People will do to you exactly what they did to me. They will
do it because you belong to me, and they don't know the one who sent
me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of
sin. But now they have no excuse for their sin. Everyone who hates me
also hates my Father. I have done things that no one else has ever
done. If they had not seen me do these things, they would not be
guilty. But they did see me do these things, and they still hate me
and my Father too. That is why the Scriptures are true when they say,
"People hated me for no reason." I will send you the Spirit who comes
from the Father and shows what is true. The Spirit will help you and
will tell you about me. Then you will also tell others about me,
because you have been with me from the beginning. I am telling you
this to keep you from being afraid. You will be chased out of the
Jewish meeting places. And the time will come when people will kill
you and think they are doing God a favor. They will do these things
because they don't know either the Father or me. I am saying this to
you now, so that when the time comes, you will remember what I have
said."
Jesus is the way. Invite Him into your heart. God bless you.
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