“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit,
while every branch that does
bear fruit he prunes
so that it will be even more
fruitful.
You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you
Remain in me, as I also remain in you
No branch can bear fruit by
itself; it must remain the vine.
Neither can you bear fruit
unless you remain in me
“I am the vine; you are the branches.
If you remain in me and I in
you, you will bear much fruit;
Apart from me you can do
nothing.
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.
If you remain in me and my words remain in you,
ask whatever you wish, and
it will be done for you.
This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit,
showing yourselves to be my
disciples.
“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you.
Now remain in my love.
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.
I have told you this so that my joy may be in you
And that your joy may be
complete.
My command is this : Love each other as I have loved you.
Greater love has no one than this :
to lay down one’s life for
one’s friends.
You are my friends if you do what I command.
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.
You did not choose me, but I chose you
And appointed you so that
you might go and bear fruit—
fruit that will last—
and so that whatever you ask
in my name
the Father will give you.
This is my command : Love each other
“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.
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 out of
the world.
That is why the world hates
you.
John 15 : 1-18
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