KJ3 Literal Translation
John 15
1 The mutual love between Christ and His members, under the parable of the vine. 26 The office of the Holy Spirit, and of the apostles.
1I am the True Vine, and My Father is the Vinedresser.
2Every branch in Me not bearing fruit, He takes it away; and every branch bearing fruit, He prunes, so that it may bear more fruit.
3You are already pruned because of the Word which I have spoken to you.
4Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch is not able to bear fruit of itself, if not it abide in the vine, so neither can you if not you abide in Me.
5I am the Vine; you are the branches. The one abiding in Me, and I in him, this one bears much fruit, because without Me you are not able to produce, not one thing.
6If not one abides in Me, he is cast out as the branch and is dried up; and they gather them, and they throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
7If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, whatever you desire you will ask, and it will be done to you.
8In this My Father is glorified, that you should bear much fruit; and you will be disciples to Me.
9As the Father loved Me, I also loved you; continue in My love.
10If you keep My commandments you will continue in My love, as I have kept My Father’s commandments and continue in His love.
11I have spoken these things to you that My joy may abide in you, and your joy may be made full.
12This is My commandment, that you love one another as I loved you.
13Greater love than this has no one, that someone should lay down his soul for his friends.
14You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.
15I no longer call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master does. But I called you friends, because all things which I heard from My Father I made known to you.
16You have not chosen Me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and should bear fruit, and your fruit remain, that whatever you may ask the Father in My name, He may give you.
17These things I command you, that you love one another.
18If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before you.
19If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.
20Remember the Word which I said to you, A slave is not greater than his master. If they persecuted Me, they also will persecute you. If they kept My Word, they also will keep yours.
21But all these things they will do to you on account of My name, because they do not know the One having sent Me.
22If I had not come and had not spoken to them, they had no sin. But now they have no excuse as to their sin.
23The one hating Me also hates My Father.
24If I did not do the works among them which no other did, they had no sin. But now they both have seen and also have hated Me and My Father.
25But that may be fulfilled the Word that has been written in their Law, “They hated Me undeservedly. Psalms 69:4
26But when the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth who proceeds from the Father, that One will witness concerning Me.
27And you also witness, because from the beginning you are with Me.
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