A. Christ Instructs the Disciples. . . . 15:1-16:33
Joh 15:1
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.Joh 15:2
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.Joh 15:3
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.Joh 15:4
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.Joh 15:5
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.Joh 15:6
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.Joh 15:7
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.Joh 15:8
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.Joh 15:9
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.Joh 15:10
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.Joh 15:11
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.Joh 15:12
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.Joh 15:13
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.Joh 15:14
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.Joh 15:15
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.Joh 15:16
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.Joh 15:17
These things I command you, that ye love one another.Joh 15:18
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.Joh 15:19
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.Joh 15:20
Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.Joh 15:21
But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.Joh 15:22
If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.Joh 15:23
He that hateth me hateth my Father also.Joh 15:24
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.Joh 15:25
But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.Joh 15:26
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:Joh 15:27
And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.Joh 16:1
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.Joh 16:2
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.Joh 16:3
And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.Joh 16:4
But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.Joh 16:5
But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?Joh 16:6
But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.Joh 16:7
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.Joh 16:8
And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:Joh 16:9
Of sin, because they believe not on me;Joh 16:10
Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;Joh 16:11
Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.Joh 16:12
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.Joh 16:13
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.Joh 16:14
He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.Joh 16:15
All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.Joh 16:16
A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.Joh 16:17
Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?Joh 16:18
They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.Joh 16:19
Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?Joh 16:20
Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.Joh 16:21
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.Joh 16:22
And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.Joh 16:23
And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.Joh 16:24
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.Joh 16:25
These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.Joh 16:26
At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:Joh 16:27
For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.Joh 16:28
I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.Joh 16:29
His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.Joh 16:30
Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.Joh 16:31
Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?Joh 16:32
Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.Joh 16:33
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.