I am the vine; (A)you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that (B)bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in me (C)he is thrown away like a branch and withers; (D)and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. If (E)you abide in me, and my words abide in you, (F)ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. (G)By this my Father is glorified, that you (H)bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.

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“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit;(A) apart from me you can do nothing. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.(B) If you remain in me(C) and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.(D) This is to my Father’s glory,(E) that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.(F)

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14 You are (A)my friends (B)if you do what I command you. 15 (C)No longer do I call you servants,[a] for the servant (D)does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for (E)all that I have heard from my Father (F)I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but (G)I chose you and appointed you that you should go and (H)bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that (I)whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

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Footnotes

  1. 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

14 You are my friends(A) if you do what I command.(B) 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.(C) 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you(D) so that you might go and bear fruit(E)—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.(F)

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