John 15:1-13 ▼

1 |I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.

2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

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

4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.

5 I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and withers; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

7 If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

8 |In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.

9 Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love.

10 If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and remain in his love.

11 I have spoken these things to you, 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, even as I have loved you.

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