John 15:1-13 ▼

1 |I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.

2 |Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every [branch] that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit.

3 |You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

4 |Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither [can] you unless you abide in Me.

5 |I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.

6 |If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned.

7 |If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

8 |My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and [so] prove to be My disciples.

9 |Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love.

10 |If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.

11 |These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and [that] your joy may be made full.

12 |This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.

13 |Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.