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John 15 (AMP)

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¹ I AM the True Vine, and My Father is the Vinedresser. ² Any branch in Me that does not bear fruit He cuts away (trims off, takes away); and He cleanses and repeatedly prunes every branch that continues to bear fruit, to make it bear more and richer and more excellent fruit. ³ You are cleansed and pruned already, because of the word which I have given you . ⁴ Dwell in Me, and I will dwell in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit of itself without abiding in (being vitally united to) the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you abide in Me. ⁵ I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit. However, apart from Me you can do nothing. ⁶ If a person does not dwell in Me, he is thrown out like a branch, and withers; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, and they are burned. ⁷ If you live in Me and My words remain in you and continue to live in your hearts, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you. ⁸ When you bear (produce) much fruit, My Father is honored and glorified, and you show and prove yourselves to be true followers of Mine. ⁹ I have loved you, as the Father has loved Me; abide in My love . ¹⁰ If you keep My commandments , you will abide in My love and live on in it, just as I have obeyed My Father's commandments and live on in His love. ¹¹ I have told you these things, that My joy and delight may be in you, and that your joy and gladness may be of full measure and complete and overflowing. ¹² This is My commandment: that you love one another as I have loved you. ¹³ No one has greater love than to lay down (give up) his own life for his friends. ¹⁴ You are My friends if you keep on doing the things which I command you to do. ¹⁵ I do not call you servants (slaves) any longer, for the servant does not know what his master is doing (working out). But I have called you My friends, because I have made known 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 you , that you might go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit may be lasting , so that whatever you ask the Father in My Name , He may give it to you. ¹⁷ This is what I command you: that you love one another. ¹⁸ If the world hates you, know that it hated Me before it hated you. ¹⁹ If you belonged to the world, the world would treat you with affection and would love you as its own. But because you are not of the world , but I have chosen (selected) you out of the world, the world hates (detests) you. ²⁰ 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 and obeyed My teachings, they will also keep and obey yours. ²¹ But they will do all this to you because of My name and on My account, for they do not know or understand the One Who sent Me. ²² If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin ; but now they have no excuse for their sin. ²³ Whoever hates Me also hates My Father. ²⁴ If I had not done (accomplished) among them the works which no one else ever did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have both seen and have hated both Me and My Father. ²⁵ But that the word written in their Law might be fulfilled, They hated Me without a cause. ²⁶ But when the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, Strengthener, Standby) comes, Whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth Who comes (proceeds) from the Father, He will testify regarding Me. ²⁷ But you also will testify and be My witnesses, because you have been with Me from the beginning.