John 15
I Am the True Vine
1 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. Parallel theme: John 15:8, Job 17:9, Matthew 3:10, 3:12, 13:12, 15:13, 21:19, Luke 8:13, Hebrews 12:15, Revelation 3:19 +5
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. Parallel theme: John 15:2, Isaiah 14:19, Ezekiel 17:9, Matthew 3:10, 7:19, 13:41, Hebrews 10:27, 2 Peter 2:20, 1 John 2:19, Revelation 20:15 +5
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. Word: Jeremiah 15:16, 1 John 3:22. Parallel theme: John 14:13, 15:16, 16:23, Psalms 37:4, Matthew 7:7, Galatians 5:16, 1 John 2:27, 5:14 +5
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. Glory: Isaiah 60:21, 61:3, 1 Corinthians 10:31, Philippians 1:11, 1 Peter 4:11. Parallel theme: John 8:31, 13:35, 15:5, Matthew 5:16, 1 Corinthians 6:20 +5
Abide in My Love
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. Love: John 14:15, 1 John 2:5, 5:3. Word: John 12:49, 2 Peter 2:21, Revelation 22:14. Parallel theme: John 4:34, 8:29, 17:4, 1 Thessalonians 4:1 +5
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. Parallel theme: John 16:24, 16:33, 17:13, Luke 15:9, 15:32, Romans 15:13, 2 Corinthians 1:24, 1 Peter 1:8, 1 John 1:4, 2 John 1:12 +5
12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Love: John 13:34, Romans 12:10, Ephesians 5:2, 1 Thessalonians 3:12, 4:9, 1 Peter 1:22, 3:8, 4:8, 1 John 3:23, 4:21 +5
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Love: Ephesians 5:2. Parallel theme: John 10:11, 10:15
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. Parallel theme: John 6:70, 13:18, 15:19, Luke 6:13, Acts 22:14, Galatians 1:15, Ephesians 2:10, 2 Timothy 2:2, 1 Peter 3:15, 1 John 4:19 +5
17 These things I command you, that ye loveLove: ἀγάπη (Agape). The Greek agape (ἀγάπη) denotes self-sacrificial, unconditional love—the highest form of love, characterizing God's nature (1 John 4:8) and the love Christians are called to demonstrate. one another. Love: John 15:12, 1 Peter 2:17
The World's Hatred
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 lordLord: Κύριος (Kurios). The Greek Kurios (Κύριος) means 'lord' or 'master,' used both for human masters and divinely for God the Father and Jesus Christ. Its application to Jesus affirms His deity, as it translates YHWH in the Septuagint.. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep your's also. References Lord: John 13:16, Matthew 10:24, 1 Thessalonians 2:15. Parallel theme: John 8:51, 10:31, Ezekiel 3:7, Luke 6:40, 1 Corinthians 4:12, 2 Corinthians 4:9, 2 Timothy 3:12 +5
21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me. Parallel theme: John 8:19, 16:3, Matthew 10:18, 10:22, 24:9, Acts 5:41
22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. Sin: John 9:41, James 4:17, 1 Peter 2:16. Parallel theme: John 12:48, Ezekiel 2:5, Luke 12:46, Acts 17:30, Romans 1:20, 2:1 +4
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. Sin: John 9:32, Deuteronomy 5:9. Parallel theme: John 3:2, 5:36, 7:31, 10:32, 10:37, 14:9, Matthew 9:33 +4
25 But this cometh to pass, that the wordWord: λόγος (Logos). The Greek Logos (Λόγος) means word, reason, or message—the rational principle underlying reality. John identifies Christ as the eternal Logos: 'In the beginning was the Word' (John 1:1). 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: Spirit: John 14:26, Acts 5:32, 15:8, Hebrews 2:4. Witness: 1 Corinthians 1:6. Truth: John 16:7. Parallel theme: Luke 24:49, Revelation 22:1 +3
27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. Witness: John 21:24, Luke 24:48, Acts 1:8, 23:11, 1 Peter 5:1, 5:12, 1 John 4:14. Parallel theme: Acts 4:20 +3