¹⁶ And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another ^(A)Helper,^[a] to be with you forever, ¹⁷ even ^(B)the Spirit of truth, ^(C)whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and ^(D)will be^[b] in you.

¹⁸ “I will not leave you as orphans; ^(E)I will come to you. ^19 (F)Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but ^(G)you will see me. ^(H)Because I live, you also will live. ^20 (I)In that day you will know that ^(J)I am in my Father, and ^(K)you in me, and ^(L)I in you. ^21 (M)Whoever has my commandments and ^(N)keeps them, he it is who loves me. And ^(O)he who loves me ^(P)will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and ^(Q)manifest myself to him.” ^22 (R)Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it ^(S)that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” ²³ Jesus answered him, ^(T)“If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and ^(U)we will come to him and ^(V)make our home with him. ²⁴ Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And ^(W)the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.

²⁵ “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. ²⁶ But the ^(X)Helper, the Holy Spirit, ^(Y)whom the Father will send in my name, ^(Z)he will teach you all things and ^(AA)bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. ^27 (AB)Peace I leave with you; ^(AC)my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. ^(AD)Let not your hearts be troubled, neither ^(AE)let them be afraid. ^28 (AF)You heard me say to you, ^(AG)‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I ^(AH)am going to the Father, for ^(AI)the Father is greater than I. ²⁹ And ^(AJ)now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe.

I Am the True Vine

15 “I am the ^(A)true vine, and my Father is ^(B)the vinedresser. ^2 (C)Every branch in me that does not bear fruit ^(D)he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, ^(E)that it may bear more fruit. ³ Already ^(F)you are clean ^(G)because of the word that I have spoken to you. ^4 (H)Abide ^(I)in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. ⁵ I am the vine; ^(J)you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that ^(K)bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. ⁶ If anyone does not abide in me ^(L)he is thrown away like a branch and withers; ^(M)and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. ⁷ If ^(N)you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ^(O)ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. ^8 (P)By this my Father is glorified, that you ^(Q)bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. ^9 (R)As the Father has loved me, ^(S)so have I loved you. Abide in my love. ^10 (T)If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as ^(U)I have kept ^(V)my Father's commandments and abide in his love. ¹¹ These things I have spoken to you, ^(W)that my joy may be in you, and that ^(X)your joy may be full.

¹² I wish ^(A)those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!

¹³ For you were called to freedom, brothers. ^(B)Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love ^(C)serve one another. ¹⁴ For ^(D)the whole law is fulfilled in one word: ^(E)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” ¹⁵ But if you ^(F)bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.

Keep in Step with the Spirit

¹⁶ But I say, ^(G)walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify ^(H)the desires of the flesh. ¹⁷ For ^(I)the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, ^(J)to keep you from doing the things you want to do. ¹⁸ But if you are ^(K)led by the Spirit, ^(L)you are not under the law. ¹⁹ Now ^(M)the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, ²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, ^(N)divisions, ²¹ envy,^[a] drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that ^(O)those who do^[b] such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. ²² But ^(P)the fruit of the Spirit is ^(Q)love, joy, peace, patience, ^(R)kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ^23 (S)gentleness, ^(T)self-control; ^(U)against such things there is no law. ²⁴ And those who belong to Christ Jesus ^(V)have crucified the flesh with its ^(W)passions and desires.

²⁵ If we live by the Spirit, ^(X)let us also keep in step with the Spirit. ^26 (Y)Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.