John 14:26-16:8

English Standard Version

²⁶ But the ^(A)Helper, the Holy Spirit, ^(B)whom the Father will send in my name, ^(C)he will teach you all things and ^(D)bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. ^27 (E)Peace I leave with you; ^(F)my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. ^(G)Let not your hearts be troubled, neither ^(H)let them be afraid. ^28 (I)You heard me say to you, ^(J)‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I ^(K)am going to the Father, for ^(L)the Father is greater than I. ²⁹ And ^(M)now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe. ³⁰ I will no longer talk much with you, for ^(N)the ruler of this world is coming. ^(O)He has no claim on me, ³¹ but I do ^(P)as the Father has commanded me, ^(Q)so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.

I Am the True Vine

15 “I am the ^(R)true vine, and my Father is ^(S)the vinedresser. ^2 (T)Every branch in me that does not bear fruit ^(U)he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, ^(V)that it may bear more fruit. ³ Already ^(W)you are clean ^(X)because of the word that I have spoken to you. ^4 (Y)Abide ^(Z)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; ^(AA)you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that ^(AB)bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. ⁶ If anyone does not abide in me ^(AC)he is thrown away like a branch and withers; ^(AD)and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. ⁷ If ^(AE)you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ^(AF)ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. ^8 (AG)By this my Father is glorified, that you ^(AH)bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. ^9 (AI)As the Father has loved me, ^(AJ)so have I loved you. Abide in my love. ^10 (AK)If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as ^(AL)I have kept ^(AM)my Father's commandments and abide in his love. ¹¹ These things I have spoken to you, ^(AN)that my joy may be in you, and that ^(AO)your joy may be full.

^12 (AP)“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. ^13 (AQ)Greater love has no one than this, ^(AR)that someone lay down his life for his friends. ¹⁴ You are ^(AS)my friends ^(AT)if you do what I command you. ^15 (AU)No longer do I call you servants,^[a] for the servant ^(AV)does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for ^(AW)all that I have heard from my Father ^(AX)I have made known to you. ¹⁶ You did not choose me, but ^(AY)I chose you and appointed you that you should go and ^(AZ)bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that ^(BA)whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. ¹⁷ These things I command you, ^(BB)so that you will love one another.

The Hatred of the World

^18 (BC)“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. ^19 (BD)If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because ^(BE)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: ^(BF)‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, ^(BG)they will also persecute you. ^(BH)If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. ²¹ But ^(BI)all these things they will do to you ^(BJ)on account of my name, ^(BK)because they do not know him who sent me. ²² If I had not come and spoken to them, ^(BL)they would not have been guilty of sin,^[b] but now they have no excuse for their sin. ^23 (BM)Whoever hates me hates my Father also. ^24 (BN)If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, ^(BO)they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have ^(BP)seen and hated both me and my Father. ²⁵ But ^(BQ)the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ^(BR)‘They hated me without a cause.’

²⁶ “But ^(BS)when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, ^(BT)he will bear witness about me. ²⁷ And ^(BU)you also will bear witness, ^(BV)because you have been with me ^(BW)from the beginning.

16 “I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. ^2 (BX)They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, ^(BY)the hour is coming when ^(BZ)whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. ³ And they will do these things ^(CA)because they have not known the Father, nor me. ⁴ But ^(CB)I have said these things to you, that when ^(CC)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, ^(CD)because I was with you. ⁵ But now ^(CE)I am going to him who sent me, and ^(CF)none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ ⁶ But because I have said these things to you, ^(CG)sorrow has filled your heart. ⁷ Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for ^(CH)if I do not go away, ^(CI)the Helper will not come to you. But ^(CJ)if ^(CK)I go, ^(CL)I will send him to you. ^8 (CM)And when he comes, he will ^(CN)convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: