# John 15.1-27

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**Book:** [John](/codex/john-the-apostle/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> **1. <span class="rl-speech">I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.</span> 2. <span class="rl-speech">Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit.</span> 3. <span class="rl-speech">Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you.</span> 4. <span class="rl-speech">Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me.</span> 5. <span class="rl-speech">I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.</span> 6. <span class="rl-speech">If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.</span> 7. <span class="rl-speech">If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.</span> 8. <span class="rl-speech">Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and so shall ye be my disciples.</span> 9. <span class="rl-speech">Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love.</span> 10. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 11. <span class="rl-speech">These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.</span> 12. <span class="rl-speech">This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.</span> 14. <span class="rl-speech">Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father, I have made known unto you.</span> 16. <span class="rl-speech">Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.</span> 17. <span class="rl-speech">These things I command you, that ye may love one another.</span> 18. <span class="rl-speech">If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you.</span> 19. <span class="rl-speech">If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.</span> 20. <span class="rl-speech">Remember the word that I said unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.</span> 21. <span class="rl-speech">But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.</span> 22. <span class="rl-speech">If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin.</span> 23. <span class="rl-speech">He that hateth me hateth my Father also.</span> 24. <span class="rl-speech">If I had not done among them the works which none other did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.</span> 25. <span class="rl-speech">But this cometh to pass, that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.</span> 26. <span class="rl-speech">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 bear witness of me:</span> 27. <span class="rl-speech">and ye also bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.</span>** (John 15:1-27, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> **1. <span class="rl-speech">“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.</span> 2. <span class="rl-speech">Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.</span> 3. <span class="rl-speech">You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.</span> 4. <span class="rl-speech">Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.</span> 5. <span class="rl-speech">I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.</span> 6. <span class="rl-speech">If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.</span> 7. <span class="rl-speech">If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.</span> 8. <span class="rl-speech">“In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.</span> 9. <span class="rl-speech">Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love.</span> 10. <span class="rl-speech">If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and remain in his love.</span> 11. <span class="rl-speech">I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.</span> 12. <span class="rl-speech">“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.</span> 14. <span class="rl-speech">You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.</span> 16. <span class="rl-speech">You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.</span> 17. <span class="rl-speech">“I command these things to you, that you may love one another.</span> 18. <span class="rl-speech">If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.</span> 19. <span class="rl-speech">If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.</span> 20. <span class="rl-speech">Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.</span> 21. <span class="rl-speech">But all these things will they do to you for my name’s sake, because they don’t know him who sent me.</span> 22. <span class="rl-speech">If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.</span> 23. <span class="rl-speech">He who hates me, hates my Father also.</span> 24. <span class="rl-speech">If I hadn’t done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn’t have had sin. But now have they seen and also hated both me and my Father.</span> 25. <span class="rl-speech">But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’</span> 26. <span class="rl-speech">“When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.</span> 27. <span class="rl-speech">You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.</span>** (John 15:1-27, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> **1. <span class="rl-speech">I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.</span> 2. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 3. <span class="rl-speech">Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.</span> 4. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 5. <span class="rl-speech">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. <sup>without me: or, severed from me</sup></span> 6. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 7. <span class="rl-speech">If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.</span> 8. <span class="rl-speech">Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.</span> 9. <span class="rl-speech">As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.</span> 10. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 11. <span class="rl-speech">These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.</span> 12. <span class="rl-speech">This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.</span> 14. <span class="rl-speech">Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 16. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 17. <span class="rl-speech">These things I command you, that ye love one another.</span> 18. <span class="rl-speech">If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.</span> 19. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 20. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 21. <span class="rl-speech">But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.</span> 22. <span class="rl-speech">If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. <sup>cloke: or, excuse</sup></span> 23. <span class="rl-speech">He that hateth me hateth my Father also.</span> 24. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 25. <span class="rl-speech">But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.</span> 26. <span class="rl-speech">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:</span> 27. <span class="rl-speech">And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.</span>** (John 15:1-27, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> **1. <span class="rl-speech">'I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman;</span> 2. <span class="rl-speech">every branch in me not bearing fruit, He doth take it away, and every one bearing fruit, He doth cleanse by pruning it, that it may bear more fruit;</span> 3. <span class="rl-speech">already ye are clean, because of the word that I have spoken to you;</span> 4. <span class="rl-speech">remain in me, and I in you, as the branch is not able to bear fruit of itself, if it may not remain in the vine, so neither ye, if ye may not remain in me.</span> 5. <span class="rl-speech">'I am the vine, ye the branches; he who is remaining in me, and I in him, this one doth bear much fruit, because apart from me ye are not able to do anything;</span> 6. <span class="rl-speech">if any one may not remain in me, he was cast forth without as the branch, and was withered, and they gather them, and cast to fire, and they are burned;</span> 7. <span class="rl-speech">if ye may remain in me, and my sayings in you may remain, whatever ye may wish ye shall ask, and it shall be done to you.</span> 8. <span class="rl-speech">'In this was my Father glorified, that ye may bear much fruit, and ye shall become my disciples.</span> 9. <span class="rl-speech">According as the Father did love me, I also loved you, remain in my love;</span> 10. <span class="rl-speech">if my commandments ye may keep, ye shall remain in my love, according as I the commands of my Father have kept, and do remain in His love;</span> 11. <span class="rl-speech">these things I have spoken to you, that my joy in you may remain, and your joy may be full.</span> 12. <span class="rl-speech">'This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;</span> 14. <span class="rl-speech">ye are my friends, if ye may do whatever I command you;</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">no more do I call you servants, because the servant hath not known what his lord doth, and you I have called friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I did make known to you.</span> 16. <span class="rl-speech">'Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and did appoint you, that ye might go away, and might bear fruit, and your fruit might remain, that whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, He may give you.</span> 17. <span class="rl-speech">'These things I command you, that ye love one another;</span> 18. <span class="rl-speech">if the world doth hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before you;</span> 19. <span class="rl-speech">if of the world ye were, the world its own would have been loving, and because of the world ye are not, but I chose out of the world, because of this the world hateth you.</span> 20. <span class="rl-speech">'Remember the word that I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; if me they did persecute, you also they will persecute; if my word they did keep, yours also they will keep;</span> 21. <span class="rl-speech">but all these things will they do to you, because of my name, because they have not known Him who sent me;</span> 22. <span class="rl-speech">if I had not come and spoken to them, they were not having sin; but now pretext they have not for their sin.</span> 23. <span class="rl-speech">'He who is hating me, doth hate also my Father;</span> 24. <span class="rl-speech">if I did not do among them the works that no other hath done, they were not having sin, and now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father;</span> 25. <span class="rl-speech">but, that the word may be fulfilled that was written in their law, They hated me without a cause.</span> 26. <span class="rl-speech">'And when the Comforter may come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who from the Father doth come forth, he will testify of me;</span> 27. <span class="rl-speech">and ye also do testify, because from the beginning ye are with me.</span>** (John 15:1-27, YLT)

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Argument from Love](/codex/argument-from-love/), via [John 15.13](/codex/john-15-13/)
- [Argument from Sanctity](/codex/argument-from-sanctity/), via [John 15.12-13](/codex/john-15-12-13/)
- [Argument from the Anomalous Humor Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-anomalous-humor-convergence/), via [John 15.11](/codex/john-15-11/)
- [Argument from the Costly-Signal Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-costly-signal-convergence/), via [John 15.13](/codex/john-15-13/)
- [Argument from the Trans-Instinctual Agency Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-trans-instinctual-agency-convergence/), via [John 15.13](/codex/john-15-13/)
- [Did Jesus Send Muhammad Dilemma Argument](/codex/did-jesus-send-muhammad-dilemma-argument/), via [John 15.26](/codex/john-15-26/), [John 15.26-27](/codex/john-15-26-27/)
- [Evil God Objection Defeater](/codex/evil-god-objection-defeater/), via [John 15.15](/codex/john-15-15/)
- [Muhammad as Paraclete Refutation](/codex/muhammad-as-paraclete-refutation/), via [John 15.26](/codex/john-15-26/)
- [No One Can Die For Another Objection Defeater](/codex/no-one-can-die-for-another-objection-defeater/), via [John 15.13](/codex/john-15-13/)
- [Paul Invented Christianity Objection Defeater](/codex/paul-invented-christianity-objection-defeater/), via [John 15.16](/codex/john-15-16/)
- [Quirinius Census Contradiction Objection Defeater](/codex/quirinius-census-contradiction-objection-defeater/), via [John 15.18](/codex/john-15-18/)
- [Quran Confirms the Trinity Argument](/codex/quran-confirms-the-trinity-argument/), via [John 15.26](/codex/john-15-26/)
- [Trinity Coherence Defense (Latin-Thomist)](/codex/trinity-coherence-defense-latin-thomist/), via [John 15.26](/codex/john-15-26/)

**Concepts:**

- [Biblical Love](/codex/biblical-love/), via [John 15.13](/codex/john-15-13/)
- [Christian Muslim Defender](/codex/christian-muslim-defender/), via [John 15.13](/codex/john-15-13/)
- [Christianity](/codex/christianity/), via [John 15.26](/codex/john-15-26/)
- [Christology](/codex/christology/), via [John 15.1](/codex/john-15-1/)
- [Christs Deity](/codex/christs-deity/), via [John 15.26](/codex/john-15-26/)
- [Council of Constantinople I](/codex/council-of-constantinople-i/), via [John 15.26](/codex/john-15-26/)
- [David and Bathsheba](/codex/2-samuel-11/), via [John 15.13](/codex/john-15-13/)
- [Failed Messianic Prophecy Objections](/codex/failed-messianic-prophecy-objections/), via [John 15.1](/codex/john-15-1/)
- [Filioque](/codex/filioque/), via [John 15.26](/codex/john-15-26/)
- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/)
- [Modalism](/codex/modalism/), via [John 15.26](/codex/john-15-26/)
- [Paraclete, Identity and Recipients](/codex/paraclete-identity-and-recipients/), via [John 15.26](/codex/john-15-26/), [John 15.26-27](/codex/john-15-26-27/)
- [Pneumatology](/codex/pneumatology/), via [John 15.26](/codex/john-15-26/)
- [Trinity vs Oneness vs Modalism vs Arianism](/codex/trinity-vs-oneness-vs-modalism-vs-arianism/), via [John 15.26](/codex/john-15-26/)
- [Verses on Gods Goodness and Human Worth](/codex/verses-on-gods-goodness-and-human-worth/), via [John 15.15](/codex/john-15-15/)

**People:**

- [David](/codex/david/), via [John 15.25](/codex/john-15-25/)
- [Jacobus Arminius](/codex/jacobus-arminius/), via [John 15.6](/codex/john-15-6/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G0025 - agapao](/codex/g0025-agapao/), via [John 15.13](/codex/john-15-13/), [John 15.9](/codex/john-15-9/)
- [G0026 - agape](/codex/g0026-agape/), via [John 15.12-13](/codex/john-15-12-13/), [John 15.13](/codex/john-15-13/)
- [G0225 - aletheia](/codex/g0225-aletheia/), via [John 15.26](/codex/john-15-26/)
- [G1401 - doulos](/codex/g1401-doulos/), via [John 15.15](/codex/john-15-15/)
- [G1510 - eimi](/codex/g1510-eimi/), via [John 15.1](/codex/john-15-1/), [John 15.5](/codex/john-15-5/)
- [G3875 - parakletos](/codex/g3875-parakletos/), via [John 15.26](/codex/john-15-26/)
- [G4151 - pneuma](/codex/g4151-pneuma/), via [John 15.26](/codex/john-15-26/)

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## Notes

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.