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

I am the True Vine, and My Father is the Vinedresser.

2 E very 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.

Any branch in Me that does not bear fruit He cuts away (trims off, takes away); and He cleanses and repeatedly prunes every branch that continues to bear fruit, to make it bear more and richer and more excellent fruit.

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

You are cleansed and pruned already, because of the word which I have given you.

4 A bide 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.

Dwell in Me, and I will dwell in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit of itself without abiding in (being vitally united to) the vine, neither can you bear fruit 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.

I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit. However, apart from Me you can do nothing.

6 I f 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.

If a person does not dwell in Me, he is thrown out like a branch, and withers; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, and they are burned.

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

If you live in Me and My words remain in you and continue to live in your hearts, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.

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

When you bear (produce) much fruit, My Father is honored and glorified, and you show and prove yourselves to be true followers of Mine.

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

I have loved you, as the Father has loved Me; abide in My love '> continue in His love with Me].

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

If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love and live on in it, just as I have obeyed My Father’s commandments and live on in His love.

11 T hese things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full. Disciples’ Relation to Each Other

I have told you these things, that My joy and delight may be in you, and that your joy and gladness may be of full measure and complete and overflowing.

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

This is My commandment: that you love one another as I have loved you.

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

No one has greater love than to lay down (give up) his own life for his friends.

14 Y ou are My friends if you do what I command you.

You are My friends if you keep on doing the things which I command you to do.

15 N o longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.

I do not call you servants (slaves) any longer, for the servant does not know what his master is doing (working out). But I have called you My friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from My Father.

16 Y ou did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.

You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed you, that you might go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit may be lasting, so that whatever you ask the Father in My Name '> presenting all that I Am ], He may give it to you.

17 T his I command you, that you love one another. Disciples’ Relation to the World

This is what I command you: that you love one another.

18 “ If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.

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

19 I f 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.

If you belonged to the world, the world would treat you with affection and would love you as its own. But because you are not of the world, but I have chosen (selected) you out of the world, the world hates (detests) you.

20 R emember the word that I said to you, ‘ A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also.

Remember that I told you, A servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word and obeyed My teachings, they will also keep and obey yours.

21 B ut all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me.

But they will do all this to you because of My name and on My account, for they do not know or understand the One Who sent Me.

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

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

23 H e who hates Me hates My Father also.

Whoever hates Me also hates My Father.

24 I f I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well.

If I had not done (accomplished) among them the works which no one else ever did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have both seen and have hated both Me and My Father.

25 B ut they have done this to fulfill the word that is written in their Law, ‘ They hated Me without a cause.’

But that the word written in their Law might be fulfilled, They hated Me without a cause.

26 “ When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me,

But when the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, Strengthener, Standby) comes, Whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth Who comes (proceeds) from the Father, He will testify regarding Me.

27 a nd you will testify also, because you have been with Me from the beginning.

But you also will testify and be My witnesses, because you have been with Me from the beginning.