John 15:13-16

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: ⁹ concerning sin, ^(AY)because they do not believe in me; ^10 (AZ)concerning righteousness, ^(BA)because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; ^11 (BB)concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world ^(BC)is judged.

¹² “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. ¹³ When ^(BD)the Spirit of truth comes, ^(BE)he will ^(BF)guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but ^(BG)whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.