John 15

I Am the True Vine

1 "I am the r true vine, and my Father is s the vinedresser. 2 t Every branch in me that does not bear fruit u he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, v that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already w you are clean x because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 y Abide z 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; a you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that b bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in me c he is thrown away like a branch and withers; d and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7 If e you abide in me, and my words abide in you, f ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 g By this my Father is glorified, that you h bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. 9 i As the Father has loved me, j so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 k If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as l I have kept m my Father's commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, n that my joy may be in you, and that o your joy may be full.

12 p "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 q Greater love has no one than this, r that someone lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are s my friends t if you do what I command you. 15 u No longer do I call you servants, 1 for the servant 2 w does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for x all that I have heard from my Father y I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but z I chose you and appointed you that you should go and a bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that b whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. 17 These things I command you, c so that you will love one another.

The Hatred of the World

18 d "If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 e If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because f 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: g 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, h they will also persecute you. i If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. 21 But j all these things they will do to you k on account of my name, l because they do not know him who sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, m they would not have been guilty of sin, 3 but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 n Whoever hates me hates my Father also. 24 o If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, m they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have p seen and hated both me and my Father. 25 But q the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: r 'They hated me without a cause.'

26 "But s when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, t he will bear witness about me. 27 And u you also will bear witness, v because you have been with me w from the beginning.

  1. Cross References
    Jeremiah 2:21
    Yet I planted you a choice vine, wholly of pure seed. How then have you turned degenerate and become a wild vine?
  2. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 3:9
    For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building.
  3. Cross References
    John 15:6
    If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
    Matthew 3:10
    Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
    Matthew 7:19
    Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
    Romans 11:17
    But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree.
    2 Peter 1:8
    For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  4. Cross References
    Matthew 15:13
    He answered, "Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.
    Romans 11:22
    Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.
  5. Cross References
    Matthew 13:12
    For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
  6. Cross References
    John 13:10
    Jesus said to him, "The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is completely clean. And you are clean, but not every one of you.
  7. Cross References
    John 17:17
    Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.
    John 15:7
    If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
    Ephesians 5:26
    That he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word.
  8. Cross References
    John 15:5 - 7
    I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
    1 John 2:6
    Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.
    Philippians 1:11
    Filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
    Colossians 1:23
    If indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
    John 6:56
    Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.
  9. Cross References
    John 3:15
    That whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
  10. Cross References
    Romans 6:5
    For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.
  11. Cross References
    John 15:16
    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.
    Colossians 1:6
    Which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and growing - as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.
    Colossians 1:10
    So as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.
  12. Cross References
    John 15:2
    Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
  13. Cross References
    Matthew 13:40 - 42
    Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the close of the age.
    Ezekiel 15:4
    Behold, it is given to the fire for fuel. When the fire has consumed both ends of it, and the middle of it is charred, is it useful for anything?
  14. Cross References
    John 8:31
    So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples.
  15. Cross References
    John 14:13
    Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
  16. Cross References
    Isaiah 61:3
    To grant to those who mourn in Zion - to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified.
    Matthew 5:16
    In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
    2 Corinthians 9:13
    By their approval of this service, they will glorify God because of your submission flowing from your confession of the gospel of Christ, and the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others.
    Philippians 1:11
    Filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
  17. Cross References
    John 15:5
    I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
  18. Cross References
    John 5:20
    For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel.
  19. Cross References
    John 13:34
    A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
  20. Cross References
    John 14:15
    If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
    John 14:23
    Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
  21. Cross References
    John 8:55
    But you have not known him. I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and I keep his word.
    John 17:4
    I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.
    Philippians 2:8
    And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
  22. Cross References
    John 10:18
    No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.
  23. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 2:3
    And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all.
  24. Cross References
    John 3:29
    The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.
    John 16:24
    Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
    John 17:13
    But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
    1 John 1:4
    And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.
    2 John 1:12
    Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink. Instead I hope to come to you and talk face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
  25. Cross References
    John 13:34
    A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
  26. Cross References
    Romans 5:7 - 8
    For one will scarcely die for a righteous person - though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die -
    Ephesians 5:2
    And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
  27. Cross References
    John 10:11
    I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
  28. Cross References
    Luke 12:4
    I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do.
  29. Cross References
    John 15:10
    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.
    Matthew 12:50
    For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.
  30. Cross References
    John 15:20
    Remember the word that I said to 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 also keep yours.
  31. Cross References
    John 13:7
    Jesus answered him, "What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.
    John 13:12
    When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, "Do you understand what I have done to you?
  32. Cross References
    John 3:32
    He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony.
    John 8:26
    I have much to say about you and much to judge, but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.
    John 8:40
    But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.
    John 16:13
    When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
  33. Cross References
    John 17:26
    I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.
    Genesis 18:17
    The Lord said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do.
    1 Corinthians 2:16
    For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
    1 Corinthians 13:9 - 10
    For we know in part and we prophesy in part.
  34. Cross References
    John 13:18
    I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled, 'He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.
  35. Cross References
    2 John 1:8
    Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward.
  36. Cross References
    John 15:7
    If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
    John 14:13
    Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
  37. Cross References
    John 15:12
    This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
  38. Cross References
    John 7:7
    The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.
    1 John 3:13
    Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you.
    John 15:23 - 24
    Whoever hates me hates my Father also.
  39. Cross References
    1 John 4:5
    They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them.
  40. Cross References
    John 17:14
    I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
    John 17:16
    They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
    Luke 6:26
    Woe to you, when all people speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets.
    Galatians 1:4
    Who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.
    James 4:4
    You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
  41. Cross References
    John 13:16
    Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
    Matthew 10:24
    A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.
    John 15:15
    No longer do I call you servants, for the servant 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.
  42. Cross References
    John 16:33
    I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.
    1 Corinthians 4:12
    And we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure.
    2 Corinthians 4:9
    Persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.
    1 Thessalonians 2:15
    Who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and oppose all mankind
    2 Timothy 3:12
    Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
  43. Cross References
    Ezekiel 3:7
    But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me: because all the house of Israel have a hard forehead and a stubborn heart.
    John 8:51
    Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.
  44. Cross References
    John 16:3
    And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.
  45. Cross References
    Matthew 10:22
    And you will be hated by all for my name's sake...
    Matthew 24:9
    Then they will deliver you up to tribulation an...
    Revelation 2:3
    I know you are enduring patiently and bearing u...
    Acts 5:41
    Then they left the presence of the council, rej...
    1 Peter 4:14
    If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you...
    1 Peter 4:16
    Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him n...
  46. Cross References
    Acts 3:17
    And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
  47. Cross References
    Matthew 11:22
    But I tell you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you.
    Matthew 11:24
    But I tell you that it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you.
    Luke 12:47 - 48
    And that servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating.
    John 9:41
    Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, 'We see,' your guilt remains.
  48. Cross References
    John 5:23
    That all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
  49. Cross References
    John 3:2
    This man came to Jesus by night and said to him...
    John 7:31
    Yet many of the people believed in him. They sa...
    John 9:32
    Never since the world began has it been heard t...
    Matthew 9:33
    And when the demon had been cast out, the mute ...
    John 10:32
    Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many goo...
    John 10:37
    If I am not doing the works of my Father, then ...
  50. Cross References
    John 15:22
    If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
  51. Cross References
    John 14:9
    Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
  52. Cross References
    John 10:34
    Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your Law, 'I said, you are gods'?
    John 12:38
    So that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "Lord, who has believed what he heard from us, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
  53. Cross References
    Psalms 35:19
    Let not those rejoice over me who are wrongfully my foes, and let not those wink the eye who hate me without cause.
    Psalms 69:4
    More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; mighty are those who would destroy me, those who attack me with lies. What I did not steal must I now restore?
  54. Cross References
    Psalms 35:19
    Let not those rejoice over me who are wrongfully my foes, and let not those wink the eye who hate me without cause.
    Psalms 69:4
    More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; mighty are those who would destroy me, those who attack me with lies. What I did not steal must I now restore?
  55. Cross References
    John 14:16 - 17
    And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever.
    John 14:26
    But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
  56. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 12:3
    Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says "Jesus is accursed!" and no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except in the Holy Spirit.
    1 John 5:7
    For there are three that testify:
  57. Cross References
    John 19:35
    He who saw it has borne witness - his testimony...
    John 21:24
    This is the disciple who is bearing witness abo...
    1 John 1:2
    The life was made manifest, and we have seen it...
    1 John 4:14
    And we have seen and testify that the Father ha...
    3 John 1:12
    Demetrius has received a good testimony from ev...
    Luke 24:48
    You are witnesses of these things.
  58. Cross References
    Acts 4:20
    For we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.
  59. Cross References
    Luke 1:2
    Just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us.
    Acts 1:21 - 22
    So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us.
    1 John 2:7
    Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard.
English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers.
Previous Book Next Book