Giovanni 15
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
La vera vita
15 «Io sono la vera vite e il Padre mio è il vignaiolo. 2 Ogni tralcio che in me non porta frutto, lo toglie e ogni tralcio che porta frutto, lo pota perché porti più frutto. 3 Voi siete gia mondi, per la parola che vi ho annunziato. 4 Rimanete in me e io in voi. Come il tralcio non può far frutto da se stesso se non rimane nella vite, così anche voi se non rimanete in me. 5 Io sono la vite, voi i tralci. Chi rimane in me e io in lui, fa molto frutto, perché senza di me non potete far nulla. 6 Chi non rimane in me viene gettato via come il tralcio e si secca, e poi lo raccolgono e lo gettano nel fuoco e lo bruciano. 7 Se rimanete in me e le mie parole rimangono in voi, chiedete quel che volete e vi sarà dato. 8 In questo è glorificato il Padre mio: che portiate molto frutto e diventiate miei discepoli. 9 Come il Padre ha amato me, così anch'io ho amato voi. Rimanete nel mio amore. 10 Se osserverete i miei comandamenti, rimarrete nel mio amore, come io ho osservato i comandamenti del Padre mio e rimango nel suo amore. 11 Questo vi ho detto perché la mia gioia sia in voi e la vostra gioia sia piena.
12 Questo è il mio comandamento: che vi amiate gli uni gli altri, come io vi ho amati. 13 Nessuno ha un amore più grande di questo: dare la vita per i propri amici. 14 Voi siete miei amici, se farete ciò che io vi comando. 15 Non vi chiamo più servi, perché il servo non sa quello che fa il suo padrone; ma vi ho chiamati amici, perché tutto ciò che ho udito dal Padre l'ho fatto conoscere a voi. 16 Non voi avete scelto me, ma io ho scelto voi e vi ho costituiti perché andiate e portiate frutto e il vostro frutto rimanga; perché tutto quello che chiederete al Padre nel mio nome, ve lo conceda. 17 Questo vi comando: amatevi gli uni gli altri.
I discepoli e il mondo
18 Se il mondo vi odia, sappiate che prima di voi ha odiato me. 19 Se foste del mondo, il mondo amerebbe ciò che è suo; poiché invece non siete del mondo, ma io vi ho scelti dal mondo, per questo il mondo vi odia. 20 Ricordatevi della parola che vi ho detto: Un servo non è più grande del suo padrone. Se hanno perseguitato me, perseguiteranno anche voi; se hanno osservato la mia parola, osserveranno anche la vostra. 21 Ma tutto questo vi faranno a causa del mio nome, perché non conoscono colui che mi ha mandato. 22 Se non fossi venuto e non avessi parlato loro, non avrebbero alcun peccato; ma ora non hanno scusa per il loro peccato. 23 Chi odia me, odia anche il Padre mio. 24 Se non avessi fatto in mezzo a loro opere che nessun altro mai ha fatto, non avrebbero alcun peccato; ora invece hanno visto e hanno odiato me e il Padre mio. 25 Questo perché si adempisse la parola scritta nella loro Legge: Mi hanno odiato senza ragione.
26 Quando verrà il Consolatore che io vi manderò dal Padre, lo Spirito di verità che procede dal Padre, egli mi renderà testimonianza; 27 e anche voi mi renderete testimonianza, perché siete stati con me fin dal principio.
John 15
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Jesus the True Vine
15 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. 2 He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes[a] to make it bear more fruit. 3 You have already been cleansed[b] by the word that I have spoken to you.(A) 4 Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me.(B) 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. 6 Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7 If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.(C) 8 My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become[c] my disciples.(D) 9 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.(E) 11 I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.(F)
12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.(G) 13 No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.(H) 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you.(I) 15 I do not call you servants[d] any longer, because the servant[e] does not know what the master is doing, but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name.(J) 17 I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.
The World’s Hatred
18 “If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you.(K) 19 If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you, ‘Slaves are not greater than their master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.(L) 21 But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.(M) 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.(N) 23 Whoever hates me hates my Father also.(O) 24 If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not have sin. But now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.(P) 25 It was to fulfill the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’(Q)
26 “When the Advocate[f] comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, he will testify on my behalf.(R) 27 You also are to testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.(S)
John 15
King James Version
15 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.
23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
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