John 15
Amplified Bible
Jesus Is the Vine—Followers Are Branches
15 “[a]I am the true Vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that continues to bear fruit, He [repeatedly] prunes, so that it will bear more fruit [even richer and finer fruit]. 3 You are already clean because of the word which I have given you [the teachings which I have discussed with you]. 4 Remain in Me, and I [will remain] in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself without remaining in the vine, neither can you [bear fruit, producing evidence of your faith] unless you remain in Me. 5 [b]I am the Vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him bears much fruit, for [otherwise] apart from Me [that is, cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not remain in Me, he is thrown out like a [broken off] branch, and withers and dies; and they gather such branches and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you remain in Me and My words remain in you [that is, if we are vitally united and My message lives in your heart], ask whatever you wish and it will be done for you. 8 My Father is glorified and honored by this, when you bear much fruit, and prove yourselves to be My [true] disciples. 9 I have loved you just as the Father has loved Me; remain in My love [and do not doubt My love for you]. 10 If you keep My commandments and obey My teaching, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. 11 I have told you these things so that My joy and delight may be in you, and that your joy may be made full and complete and overflowing.
Disciples’ Relation to Each Other
12 “This is My commandment, that you [c]love and unselfishly seek the best for one another, just as I have loved you. 13 No one has greater love [nor stronger commitment] than to lay down his own life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you keep on doing what I command you. 15 I do not call you servants any longer, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you [My] friends, because I have revealed to you everything that I have heard from My Father. 16 You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed and placed and purposefully planted you, so that you would go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit will remain and be lasting, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name [as My representative] He may give to you. 17 This [is what] I command you: that you love and unselfishly seek the best for one another.
Disciples’ Relation to the World
18 “If the world hates you [and it does], know that it has hated Me before it hated you. 19 If you belonged to the world, the world would love [you as] its own and would treat you with affection. But you are not of the world [you no longer belong to it], but I have chosen you out of the world. And because of this the world hates you. 20 Remember [and continue to remember] that I told you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also. 21 But they will do all these [hurtful] things to you for My name’s sake [because you bear My name and are identified with Me], for they do not know the One who sent Me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have [the guilt of their] sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 The one who hates Me also hates My Father. 24 If I had not done among them the works (attesting miracles) which no one else [ever] did, they would not have [the guilt of their] sin; but now [the fact is that] they have both seen [these works] and have hated Me [and continue to hate Me] and My Father as well. 25 But [this is so] that the word which has been written in their Law would be fulfilled, ‘They hated Me without a cause.’(A)
26 “But when the [d]Helper (Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor—Counselor, Strengthener, Standby) comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of Truth who comes from the Father, He will testify and bear witness about Me. 27 But you will testify also and be My witnesses, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
Footnotes
- John 15:1 The seventh of the memorable “I am” statements. See note 6:35.
- John 15:5 See note v 1.
- John 15:12 See note 13:34.
- John 15:26 Gr Paracletos, one called alongside to help.
Juan 15
Traducción en lenguaje actual
Jesús, Dios y nosotros
15 Jesús continuó diciendo a sus discípulos:
«Yo soy la vid verdadera, y Dios mi Padre es el que la cuida. 2 Si una de mis ramas no da uvas, mi Padre la corta; pero limpia las ramas que dan fruto para que den más fruto. 3 Ustedes ya están limpios, gracias al mensaje que les he anunciado.
4 »Si ustedes se mantienen unidos a mí, yo me mantendré unido a ustedes. Ya saben que una rama no puede producir uvas si no se mantiene unida a la planta. Del mismo modo, ustedes no podrán hacer nada si no se mantienen unidos a mí.
5 »El discípulo que se mantiene unido a mí, y con quien yo me mantengo unido, es como una rama que da mucho fruto; pero si uno de ustedes se separa de mí, no podrá hacer nada. 6 Al que no se mantenga unido a mí, le pasará lo mismo que a las ramas que no dan fruto: las cortan, las tiran y, cuando se secan, les prenden fuego.
7 »Si ustedes se mantienen unidos a mí y obedecen todo lo que les he enseñado, recibirán de mi Padre todo lo que pidan. 8 Si ustedes dan mucho fruto y viven realmente como discípulos míos, mi Padre estará orgulloso de ustedes. 9 Así como el Padre me ama a mí, también yo los amo a ustedes. Nunca dejen de amarme. 10 Si obedecen todo lo que yo les he mandado, los amaré siempre, así como mi Padre me ama, porque yo lo obedezco en todo.
11 »Les digo todo esto para que sean tan felices como yo. 12 Y esto es lo que les mando: que se amen unos a otros, así como yo los amo a ustedes. 13 Nadie muestra más amor que quien da la vida por sus amigos. 14 Ustedes son mis amigos, si hacen lo que les mando. 15 Ya no los llamo sirvientes, porque un sirviente no sabe lo que hace su jefe. Los llamo amigos, porque les he contado todo lo que me enseñó mi Padre.
16 »Ustedes no fueron los que me eligieron a mí, sino que fui yo quien los eligió a ustedes. Les he mandado que vayan y sean como las ramas que siempre dan mucho fruto. Así, mi Padre les dará lo que ustedes le pidan en mi nombre. 17 Esto les ordeno: Que se amen unos a otros.
El odio de la gente
18 »Los que se interesan sólo por las cosas de este mundo[a] los odian a ustedes, pero recuerden que primero me odiaron a mí. 19 Ellos los amarían a ustedes, si ustedes fueran como ellos. Pero ustedes ya no son así, porque yo los elegí para que no sean como ellos. Por eso ellos los odian a ustedes.
20 »¿Recuerdan que les dije que ningún sirviente es más importante que su jefe? Por eso, si la gente que sólo ama a este mundo me ha maltratado a mí, también los maltratará a ustedes. Pero si esa gente hace caso de lo que yo digo, también hará caso de lo que digan ustedes. 21 Todo esto les va a pasar por ser mis discípulos, y porque los de este mundo no conocen a Dios, que fue quien me envió.
22-24 »Esa gente no sería culpable por sus pecados si yo no hubiera venido a hablarles, y si delante de ellos no hubiera hecho yo cosas que nadie jamás ha hecho. Pero aun así me odian a mí, y también a mi Padre. Porque el que me odia, también odia a mi Padre. 25 Pero todo esto debe suceder para que se cumpla lo que está escrito en la Biblia: “Me odian sin motivo.”
26 »Yo les enviaré al Espíritu que viene del Padre, y que les enseñará lo que es la verdad. El Espíritu los ayudará[b] y les hablará bien de mí. 27 Y ustedes también hablarán bien de mí, porque han estado conmigo desde el principio.
Footnotes
- Juan 15:18 En algunos casos, Juan usa la palabra mundo para referirse a las personas que viven en obediencia al diablo y, por lo tanto, se hacen enemigas de Dios.
- Juan 15:26 Ayudará: Véase nota en 14.16.
John 15
King James Version
15 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.
23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
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