John 15:5-15

5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.

7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

9 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.

10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.

11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.

12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.

13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

14 You are my friends if you do what I command.

15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.

Cross References

• 1. ver 16
• 2. ver 2; Ezekiel 15:4; S Matthew 3:10
• 3. ver 4; S John 6:56
• 4. S Matthew 7:7
• 5. S Matthew 9:8; Matthew 5:16
• 6. John 8:31
• 7. Jn 17:23,24,26
• 8. S John 14:15
• 9. S John 3:29; John 17:13
• 10. ver 17; S John 13:34
• 11. Genesis 44:33; John 10:11; Romans 5:7,8
• 12. Job 16:20; Proverbs 18:24; Luke 12:4
• 13. Matthew 12:50
• 14. John 8:26