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John 15:13-16:8
English Standard Version
John 15:13-16:8
English Standard Version
13 (A)Greater love has no one than this, (B)that someone lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are (C)my friends (D)if you do what I command you. 15 (E)No longer do I call you servants,[a] for the servant (F)does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for (G)all that I have heard from my Father (H)I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but (I)I chose you and appointed you that you should go and (J)bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that (K)whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. 17 These things I command you, (L)so that you will love one another.
The Hatred of the World
18 (M)“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 (N)If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because (O)you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you: (P)‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, (Q)they will also persecute you. (R)If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. 21 But (S)all these things they will do to you (T)on account of my name, (U)because they do not know him who sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, (V)they would not have been guilty of sin,[b] but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 (W)Whoever hates me hates my Father also. 24 (X)If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, (Y)they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have (Z)seen and hated both me and my Father. 25 But (AA)the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: (AB)‘They hated me without a cause.’
26 “But (AC)when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, (AD)he will bear witness about me. 27 And (AE)you also will bear witness, (AF)because you have been with me (AG)from the beginning.
16 “I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. 2 (AH)They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, (AI)the hour is coming when (AJ)whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. 3 And they will do these things (AK)because they have not known the Father, nor me. 4 But (AL)I have said these things to you, that when (AM)their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you.
The Work of the Holy Spirit
“I did not say these things to you from the beginning, (AN)because I was with you. 5 But now (AO)I am going to him who sent me, and (AP)none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ 6 But because I have said these things to you, (AQ)sorrow has filled your heart. 7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for (AR)if I do not go away, (AS)the Helper will not come to you. But (AT)if (AU)I go, (AV)I will send him to you. 8 (AW)And when he comes, he will (AX)convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:
Footnotes
- John 15:15 Or bondservants, or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface); likewise for servant later in this verse and in verse 20
- John 15:22 Greek they would not have sin; also verse 24
John 15:13-16:8
New International Version
John 15:13-16:8
New International Version
13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.(A) 14 You are my friends(B) if you do what I command.(C) 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.(D) 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you(E) so that you might go and bear fruit(F)—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.(G) 17 This is my command: Love each other.(H)
The World Hates the Disciples
18 “If the world hates you,(I) keep in mind that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you(J) out of the world. That is why the world hates you.(K) 20 Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’[a](L) If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also.(M) If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. 21 They will treat you this way because of my name,(N) for they do not know the one who sent me.(O) 22 If I had not come and spoken to them,(P) they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.(Q) 23 Whoever hates me hates my Father as well. 24 If I had not done among them the works no one else did,(R) they would not be guilty of sin.(S) As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. 25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law:(T) ‘They hated me without reason.’[b](U)
The Work of the Holy Spirit
26 “When the Advocate(V) comes, whom I will send to you from the Father(W)—the Spirit of truth(X) who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.(Y) 27 And you also must testify,(Z) for you have been with me from the beginning.(AA)
16 “All this(AB) I have told you so that you will not fall away.(AC) 2 They will put you out of the synagogue;(AD) in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.(AE) 3 They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me.(AF) 4 I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember(AG) that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you,(AH) 5 but now I am going to him who sent me.(AI) None of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’(AJ) 6 Rather, you are filled with grief(AK) because I have said these things. 7 But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate(AL) will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.(AM) 8 When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment:
Footnotes
- John 15:20 John 13:16
- John 15:25 Psalms 35:19; 69:4
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