VER 1. I AM THE TRUE VINE, AND MY FATHER IS THE HUSBANDMAN. 2. EVERY BRANCH IN ME THAT BEARS NOT FRUIT HE TAKES AWAY: AND EVERY BRANCH THAT BEARS FRUIT, HE PURGES IT, THAT IT MAY BRING FORTH MORE FRUIT. 3. NOW YOU ARE CLEAN THROUGH THE WORD WHICH I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU. HILARY. He rises in haste to p... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 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 YOU, EXCEPT YOU ABIDE IN ME. 5. I AM THE VINE, YOU ARE THE BRANCHES: HE THAT ABIDES IN ME, AND I IN HIM, THE SAME BRINGS FORTH MUCH FRUIT: FOR WITHOUT ME YOU CAN DO NOTHING. 6. IF A... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 8. HEREIN IS MY FATHER GLORIFIED, THAT YOU BEAR MUCH FRUIT; SO SHALL YOU BE MY DISCIPLES. 9. AS THE FATHER HAS LOVED ME, SO HAVE I LOVED YOU: CONTINUE IN MY LOVE. 10. IF YOU KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS, YOU SHALL ABIDE IN MY LOVE--EVEN AS I HAVE KEPT MY FATHER'S COMMANDMENTS, AND ABIDE IN HIS LOVE. 11.... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 12. THIS IS MY COMMANDMENT, THAT YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER, AS I HAVE LOVED YOU. 13. GREATER LOVE HAS NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. 14. YOU ARE MY FRIENDS, IF YOU DO WHATSOEVER I COMMAND YOU. 15. HENCEFORTH I CALL YOU NOT SERVANTS; FOR THE SERVANT KNOWS NOT WHAT HIS... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 17. THESE THINGS I COMMAND YOU, THAT YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER. 18. IF THE WORLD HATES YOU, YOU KNOW THAT IT HATED ME BEFORE IT HATED YOU. 19. IF YOU WERE OF THE WORLD, THE WORLD WOULD LOVE HIS OWN: BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT OF THE WORLD, BUT I HAVE CHOSEN YOU OUT OF THE WORLD, THEREFORE THE WORLD HATE... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 22. IF I HAD NOT COME AND SPOKEN TO THEM, THEY HAD NOT HAD SIN: BUT NOW THEY HAVE NO CLOAK FOR THEIR SIN. 23. HE THAT HATES ME HATES MY FATHER ALSO. 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 FAT... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 26. BUT WHEN THE COMFORTER IS COME, WHOM I WILL SEND TO YOU FROM THE FATHER, EVEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, WHICH PROCEEDS FROM THE FATHER, HE SHALL TESTIFY OF ME. 27. AND YOU ALSO SHALL BEAR WITNESS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN WITH ME FROM THE BEGINNING. CHRYS. The disciples might say, If they have hear... [ Continue Reading ]