John 15:1-13 ▼

1 I AM the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

2 Every branch in me that beareth no fruit, he taketh it away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he pruneth it clean, that it may bring forth more fruit.

3 Ye are already clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine: so neither can ye, except ye abide in me.

5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, this person beareth much fruit: because without me ye can do nothing.

6 If any man abide not in me, he is cast out as a branch, and withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done for you.

8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye should bring forth much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

9 Just as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide in my love.

10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and as I abide in his love.

11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may abide in you, and your joy may be full.

12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, just as I have loved you.

13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.