967 John 15, 16 “I am the true vine, and my Fat her they obeyed my teachi ng, they will obey is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every yours also. 21 They will t reat you this branch in me that bears no f ruit, w hile way bec ause of my name, for they do not every branch that does bear f ruit he know the one who sent me. 22 If I had not prunes a so that it will be even more fruit come and spoken to them, they would ful. 3 You are already clean because of the not be g uilty of sin; but now they have word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in no exc use for t heir sin. 23 Whoe ver hates me, as I also remain in you. No branch me hates my Fat her as well. 24 If I had not can bear f ruit by itself; it must remain in done a mong them the works no one else the vine. Neit her can you bear f ruit un did, they would not be g uilty of sin. As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hat less you remain in me. 5 “I am the vine; you are the branche s. ed both me and my Fat her. 25 But this is to If you remain in me and I in you, you will fulf ill what is written in t heir Law: ‘They bear much f ruit; apart from me you can hated me without reason.’ c 26 “When the Adv oc ate c omes, whom do nothi ng. 6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is t hrown away I will send to you from the Fat her — t he and withers; such branches are picked Spirit of t ruth who goes out from the Fa up, t hrown into the fire and burned. 7 If ther — he will test if y about me. 27 And you remain in me and my words remain you also must test if y, for you have been in you, ask whate ver you wish, and it will with me from the beg inn ing. “All this I have told you so that you be done for you. 8 This is to my Fat her’s glor y, that you bear much f ruit, showi ng will not fall away. 2 They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is yourselves to be my disc iples. 9 “As the Fat her has loved me, so have comi ng when anyone who kills you will I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If t hink they are offeri ng a serv ice to God. you keep my commands, you will re 3 They will do such t hings bec ause they main in my love, just as I have kept my have not k nown the Fat her or me. 4 I have Fat her’s commands and remain in his told you this, so that when t heir time love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy comes you will remember that I w arned may be in you and that your joy may be you about them. I did not tell you this complete. 12 My command is this: Love from the beg inn ing bec ause I was with each other as I have loved you. 13 Great you, 5 but now I am goi ng to him who sent er love has no one than this: to lay down me. None of you asks me, ‘Where are you one’s life for one’s f riends. 14 You are my goi ng?’ 6 Rather, you are f illed with g rief f riends if you do what I command. 15 I bec ause I have said t hese t hings. 7 But no longer call you serv ants, bec ause a very truly I tell you, it is for your good that serv ant does not know his master’s busi I am goi ng away. Unless I go away, the ness. Instead, I have c alled you f riends, Advoc ate will not come to you; but if I go, for everyt hing that I learned from my I will send him to you. 8 When he comes, Fat her I have made k nown to you. 16 You he will prove the world to be in the w rong did not choose me, but I chose you and about sin and righteousness and judg appointed you so that you m ight go and ment: 9 about sin, bec ause people do not bear f ruit — f ruit that will last — a nd so bel ieve in me; 10 about righteousness, be that whate ver you ask in my name the cause I am goi ng to the Fat her, w here you Fat her will give you. 17 This is my com can see me no longer; 11 and about judg mand: Love each other. ment, bec ause the prince of this world 18 “If the w orld h ates you, keep in mind now s tands condemned. 12 “I have much more to say to you, that it hated me f irst. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. more than you can now bear. 13 But As it is, you do not belong to the world, when he, the Spirit of t ruth, comes, he but I have chosen you out of the world. will g uide you into all the t ruth. He will That is why the world hates you. 20 Re not speak on his own; he will speak only member what I told you: ‘A serv ant is not what he h ears, and he will tell you what is greater than his master.’ b If they perse yet to come. 14 He will glor if y me bec ause cuted me, they will persec ute you also. If it is from me that he will receive what he
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