I Am the True Vine

1 ⁿ“I am the true ^ovine, ^pand my Father is the vinedresser. 2 ^qEvery branch in me ^rthat does not ^sbear fruit ^the takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already ^uyou are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 ^vAbide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, ^wunless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in me, he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and ^xthe branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7 If you abide in me, and my words ^yabide in you, ^zask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 ^aBy this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so ^bprove to be my disciples. 9 ^cAs ^dthe Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 ^eIf you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s ^fcommandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and ^gthat your joy may be full.

12 ^h“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 ⁱGreater love has no one than this, that someone ^jlay down his life for his friends. 14 ^kYou are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants,¹ for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for ^lall that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but ^mI chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. 17 These things I command you, so that you will love one another.

9 For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s ^zfield, God’s ^abuilding.