Chapter 15

He exhorteth them to abide in him (that is, his Church, being the true vine, and not the Synagogue of the Jews any more) ℣.9 and in his love, loving one an other, and keeping his commandments: ℣.13 shewing how much he accounteth of them, by this that he dieth for them, ℣.15 and revealeth unto them the secrets of heaven, ℣.17 and appointeth their fruit to be perpetual: ℣.18 confirming them also against th persecutions and hatred of the obstinate Jews.

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   Iam the true vine; and my Father is the husband-man. bearing fruit, he will take it away: & every

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   Every branch in me, not one that beareth fruit, he will purge it, that it may bring more fruit.

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   Now you are clean for the word which I have spoken to you.

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   Abide in me: and I in you. As the branch can not bear fruit of it self, unless it abide in the vine, so you neither unless you abide in me.

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   I am the vine: you the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing.

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   If any abide not in me: he shall be cast forth as the branch, and shall wither, and they shall gather him up, and cast him into the fire, and he burneth.

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   If you abide in me, & my words abide in you: you shall ask what thing soever you will, and it shall be done to you.

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   In this my Father is glorified; that you bring very much fruit, and become my Disciples.

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   As my Father hath loved me, I also have loved you. Abide in my love.

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    If you keep my precepts, you shall abide in my love: as I also have kept my Father's precepts, and do abide in his love.

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    These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be filled.

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    This is my precept, that you love one another, as I have loved you.

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    Greater love than this no man hath, that a man yield his life for his friends.

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    You are my friends, if you do the things that I command you.

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    Now I call you not servants: for the servant knoweth not what his Lord doeth. But you I have called friends; because all things whatsoever I heard of my Father, I have notified unto you.

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    You chose not me, but I chose you; and have appointed you: that you go, & bring fruit; and your fruit abide: that whatsoever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it you.

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    These things I command you, that you love one another.

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    If the world hate you, know ye that it hath hated me before you.

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    If you had been of the world, the world would love his own. But because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

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    Remember my word that I said to you: The servant is not greater than his Master. If they have persecuted me, you also will they persecute. If they have kept my word, yours also will they keep.

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    But all these things they will do to you for my name sake; because they know not him that sent me.

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    If I had not come, and spoken to them, they should not have sin: but now they have no excuse of their sin.

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    He that hateth me, hateth my Father also.

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    If I had not done among them works that no other man hath done, they should not have sin: but now both they have seen, and they do hate both me and my Father.

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    But that the word may be fulfilled, which is written in their law: That they hated me gratis.

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    But when the Paraclete cometh whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall give testimony of me:

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    and you shall give testimony, because you are with me from the beginning.