# John 15.1

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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>**
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> 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> (John 15:1-3, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> **1. <span class="rl-speech">“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.</span>**
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> 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> (John 15:1-3, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> **1. <span class="rl-speech">I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.</span>**
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> 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> (John 15:1-3, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> **1. <span class="rl-speech">'I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman;</span>**
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> 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> (John 15:1-3, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## 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

**Concepts:**

- [Christology](/codex/christology/)
- [Failed Messianic Prophecy Objections](/codex/failed-messianic-prophecy-objections/)
- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [John 15.1-27](/codex/john-15-1-27/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G1510 - eimi](/codex/g1510-eimi/)

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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.