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

“I am the true Vine. My Father is the One Who cares for the Vine.

2 e very branch in me not bearing fruit, he takes it away; and every one bearing fruit, he purges it that it may bring forth more fruit.

He takes away any branch in Me that does not give fruit. Any branch that gives fruit, He cuts it back so it will give more fruit.

3 Y e are already clean by reason of the word which I have spoken to you.

You are made clean by the words I have spoken to you.

4 A bide in me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abide in the vine, thus neither ye unless ye abide in me.

Get your life from Me and I will live in you. No branch can give fruit by itself. It has to get life from the vine. You are able to give fruit only when you have life from Me.

5 I am the vine, ye the branches. He that abides in me and I in him, he bears much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing.

I am the Vine and you are the branches. Get your life from Me. Then I will live in you and you will give much fruit. You can do nothing without Me.

6 U nless any one abide in me he is cast out as the branch, and is dried up; and they gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

“If anyone does not get his life from Me, he is cut off like a branch and dries up. Such branches are gathered and thrown into the fire and they are burned.

7 I f ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall come to pass to you.

If you get your life from Me and My Words live in you, ask whatever you want. It will be done for you.

8 I n this is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit, and ye shall become disciples of mine.

“When you give much fruit, My Father is honored. This shows you are My followers.

9 A s the Father has loved me, I also have loved you: abide in my love.

I have loved you just as My Father has loved Me. Stay in My love.

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

If you obey My teaching, you will live in My love. In this way, I have obeyed My Father’s teaching and live in His love.

11 I have spoken these things to you that my joy may be in you, and your joy be full.

I have told you these things so My joy may be in you and your joy may be full. The Christian with Other Christians

12 T his is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.

“This is what I tell you to do: Love each other just as I have loved you.

13 N o one has greater love than this, that one should lay down his life for his friends.

No one can have greater love than to give his life for his friends.

14 Y e are my friends if ye practise whatever I command you.

You are My friends if you do what I tell you.

15 I call you no longer bondmen, for the bondman does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things which I have heard of my Father I have made known to you.

I do not call you servants that I own anymore. A servant does not know what his owner is doing. I call you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from My Father.

16 Y e have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and have set you that ye should go and ye should bear fruit, and your fruit should abide, that whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he may give you.

You have not chosen Me, I have chosen you. I have set you apart for the work of bringing in fruit. Your fruit should last. And whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give it to you. The Christian and the World

17 T hese things I command you, that ye love one another.

“This is what I tell you to do: Love each other.

18 I f the world hate you, know that it has hated me before you.

If the world hates you, you know it hated Me before it hated you.

19 I f ye were of the world, the world would love its own; but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on account of this the world hates you.

If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. You do not belong to the world. I have chosen you out of the world and the world hates you.

20 R emember the word which I said unto you, The bondman is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep also yours.

Remember I said to you, ‘A servant is not greater than his owner.’ If they made it very hard for Me, they will make it very hard for you also. If they obeyed My teachings, they will obey your teachings also.

21 B ut they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they have not known him that sent me.

They will do all these things to you because you belong to Me. They do not know My Father Who sent Me.

22 I f I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

“I have come and have spoken to them so they are guilty of sin. But now they have no reason to give for keeping their sin any longer.

23 H e that hates me hates also my Father.

Whoever hates Me, hates My Father also.

24 I f I had not done among them the works which no other one has done, they had not had sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

I have done things among them which no one else has done so they are guilty of sin. But now they have seen these things and have hated Me and My Father.

25 B ut that the word written in their law might be fulfilled, They hated me without a cause.

This happened as their Law said it would happen, ‘They hated Me without a reason.’

26 B ut when the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes forth from with the Father, he shall bear witness concerning me;

“The Helper (Holy Spirit) will tell about Me when He comes. I will send Him to you from the Father. He is the Spirit of Truth and comes from the Father.

27 a nd ye too bear witness, because ye are with me from beginning.

You will also tell of Me because you have been with Me from the beginning.