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John 15
Christian Standard Bible
John 15
Christian Standard Bible
The Vine and the Branches
15 “I am(A) the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 Every branch in me that does not produce fruit he removes,(B) and he prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit. 3 You are already clean(C) because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me.(D) 5 I am the vine; (E) you are the branches. The one who remains in me and I in him produces much fruit,(F) because you can do nothing without me. 6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown aside(G) like a branch and he withers. They gather them, throw them into the fire,(H) and they are burned.(I) 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want and it will be done for you.(J) 8 My Father is glorified(K) by this: that you produce much fruit and prove to be[a] my disciples.
Christlike Love
9 “As the Father has loved me, I have also loved you. Remain in my love.(L) 10 If you keep my commands you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.(M)
11 “I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.(N)
12 “This is my command: Love one another as I have loved(O) you. 13 No one has greater love than this: to lay down his life(P) for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 I do not call you servants anymore, because a servant doesn’t know what his master[b](Q) is doing. I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have heard from my Father. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you.(R) I appointed you to go and produce fruit and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask(S) the Father in my name,(T) he will give you.(U)
17 “This is what I command you: Love one another.
Persecutions Predicted
18 “If the world hates(V) you, understand that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen(W) you out of it, the world hates you. 20 Remember the word I spoke to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’(X) If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word,(Y) they will also keep yours. 21 But they will do all these things to you on account of my name,(Z) because they don’t know(AA) the one who sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin.(AB) Now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 The one who hates me also hates my Father.(AC) 24 If I had not done the works(AD) among them that no one else has done,(AE) they would not be guilty of sin.(AF) Now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. 25 But this happened so that the statement written in their law might be fulfilled:(AG) They hated me for no reason.[c](AH)
The Counselor’s Ministry
26 “When the Counselor(AI) comes, the one I will send to you from the Father(AJ) —the Spirit of truth(AK) who proceeds from the Father—he will testify about me. 27 You also will testify,(AL) because you have been with me from the beginning.
John 15
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
John 15
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Jesus the True Vine
15 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch of mine that bears no fruit, he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already made clean by the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide 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, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If a man does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire and burned. 7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you. 8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be my disciples. 9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants,[a] for the servant[b] does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. 17 This I command you, to love one another.
The World’s Hatred
18 “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.[c] 19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because 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, ‘A servant[d] is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also. 21 But all this they will do to you on my account, because they do not know him who sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 He who hates me hates my Father also. 24 If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. 25 It is to fulfil the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’ 26 But when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness to me; 27 and you also are witnesses, because you have been with me from the beginning.
Footnotes
- John 15:15 Or slaves
- John 15:15 Or slave
- 15.18 Jesus contrasts the love his disciples have with the hatred the world bears them.
- John 15:20 Or slave
Johannes 15
Swedish New Living Bible (Nya Levande Bibeln)
Johannes 15
Swedish New Living Bible (Nya Levande Bibeln)
Vinstocken och grenarna
15 Jag är den äkta vinstocken, och min far är trädgårdsmästaren.
2 Han skär bort varje gren som inte ger någon frukt. Och han beskär de grenar som ger frukt, så att de kan ge ännu rikare skörd.
3 Eftersom ni har tagit emot de ord jag talat till er är ni redan beskurna på samma sätt som dessa grenar för att få större styrka.
4 Se därför till att ni lever i mig, och låt mig leva i er. En gren kan ju inte bära frukt om den är skild från trädet. Inte heller kan ni bära frukt om ni är skilda från mig.
5 Ja, jag är vinstocken, och ni är grenarna. Om någon lever i mig och jag i honom så ska han ge rikligt med frukt, för utan mig kan ni inte göra något.
6 Om någon vill leva utan mig kommer han på samma sätt som en gren som inte bär frukt att skäras av och kastas bort. Och de torra grenarna kommer att samlas ihop och brännas upp.
7 Men om ni alltid är i mig och lyder mina bud så kan ni be om vad ni vill, och ni ska få det.
8 De som är mina verkliga lärjungar ger rikligt med frukt, och därigenom blir min Far ärad.
9 Som Fadern älskar mig så älskar jag er. Lev i min kärlek.
10 När ni lyder mina bud lever ni i min kärlek, liksom jag lyder min Far och lever i hans kärlek.
11 Jag har sagt er detta för att min glädje ska fylla er och er glädje ska bli fullkomlig.
12 Och detta är mitt bud: Ni ska älska varandra så som jag har älskat er.
13 Den största kärleken visar någon när han ger sitt liv för sina vänner.
14 Ni är mina vänner om ni lyder mig.
15 Jag kallar er inte längre tjänare, för en herre anförtror sig inte åt sina tjänare. Nu är ni mina vänner, för jag har ju sagt er allt som Fadern har sagt mig.
16 Ni har inte utvalt mig, utan jag har utvalt er så att ni kan gå ut och bära frukt som består. Då ska Fadern ge er allt vad ni ber om i mitt namn.
Jesus förvarnar om hat och förföljelse
17 Därför säger jag er ännu en gång: Ni ska älska varandra.
18 När människorna hatar er glöm då inte att man hatade mig innan man hatade er.
19 Den här världen skulle älska er om ni tillhörde den. Men det gör ni inte - för jag har kallat er till att lämna den, och därför hatar man er.
20 Kommer ni ihåg vad jag sa till er? 'En tjänare är inte större än sin herre.' Eftersom de har förföljt mig så kommer de naturligtvis att förfölja er. Och om de lyssnar till mina ord så borde de lyssna till er.
21 Världens människor kommer att förfölja er därför att ni tillhör mig, för de känner inte Gud som har sänt mig.
22 De skulle inte vara skyldiga om jag inte hade kommit och talat till dem. Men nu har de ingen ursäkt för sin synd.
23 Den som hatar mig hatar också min Far.
24 Om jag inte framför ögonen på dem hade gjort så mäktiga under, skulle de inte vara skyldiga. Men som det nu är har de sett dessa under, och ändå hatar de oss både mig och min Far.
25 Så har det uppfyllts som profeterna förutsagt om Messias: 'De har hatat mig utan orsak.'
26 Men jag ska sända någon till er som står vid er sida och tröstar er - den helige Ande som är sanningens Ande. Han kommer till er från Fadern, och han ska berätta allt om mig.
27 Och ni måste också berätta för alla om mig, för ni har varit med mig från början.
John 15
New International Version
John 15
New International Version
The Vine and the Branches
15 “I am(A) the true vine,(B) and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit,(C) while every branch that does bear fruit(D) he prunes[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.(E) 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you.(F) No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit;(G) apart from me you can do nothing. 6 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.(H) 7 If you remain in me(I) and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.(J) 8 This is to my Father’s glory,(K) that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.(L)
9 “As the Father has loved me,(M) so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands,(N) you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.(O) 12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.(P) 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.(Q) 14 You are my friends(R) if you do what I command.(S) 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.(T) 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you(U) so that you might go and bear fruit(V)—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.(W) 17 This is my command: Love each other.(X)
The World Hates the Disciples
18 “If the world hates you,(Y) 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(Z) out of the world. That is why the world hates you.(AA) 20 Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’[b](AB) If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also.(AC) If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. 21 They will treat you this way because of my name,(AD) for they do not know the one who sent me.(AE) 22 If I had not come and spoken to them,(AF) they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.(AG) 23 Whoever hates me hates my Father as well. 24 If I had not done among them the works no one else did,(AH) they would not be guilty of sin.(AI) 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:(AJ) ‘They hated me without reason.’[c](AK)
The Work of the Holy Spirit
26 “When the Advocate(AL) comes, whom I will send to you from the Father(AM)—the Spirit of truth(AN) who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.(AO) 27 And you also must testify,(AP) for you have been with me from the beginning.(AQ)
Footnotes
- John 15:2 The Greek for he prunes also means he cleans.
- John 15:20 John 13:16
- John 15:25 Psalms 35:19; 69:4
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