Every Woman's Bible Journaling Edition, Filament Enabled - Book - Page 44
JOHN 15
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is greater than I am. 29 I have told you these things
before they happen so that when they do happen,
you will believe.
30 “I don’t have much more time to talk to you,
because the ruler of this world approaches. He has
no power over me, 31 but I will do what the Father
requires of me, so that the world will know that I
love the Father. Come, let’s be going.
Jesus, the True Vine
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“I am the true grapevine, and my Father is
the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch of
mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the
branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even
more. 3 You have already been pruned and purified
by the message I have given you. 4 Remain in me, and
I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce
fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot
be fruitful unless you remain in me.
5 “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those
who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much
fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. 6Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like
a useless branch and withers. Such branches are
gathered into a pile to be burned. 7 But if you remain
in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for
anything you want, and it will be granted! 8 When
you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples.
This brings great glory to my Father.
9 “I have loved you even as the Father has loved
me. Remain in my love. 10 When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my
Father’s commandments and remain in his love. 11 I
have told you these things so that you will be filled
with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! 12 This is my
commandment: Love each other in the same way
I have loved you. 13 There is no greater love than 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 slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his
slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you
everything the Father told me. 16 You didn’t choose
me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce
lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name. 17 This is my command: Love each other.
The World’s Hatred
“If the world hates you, remember that it hated me
first. 19 The world would love you as one of its own
if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of
the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so
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it hates you. 20 Do you remember what I told you? ‘A
slave is not greater than the master.’ Since they persecuted me, naturally they will persecute you. And
if they had listened to me, they would listen to you.
21 They will do all this to you because of me, for they
have rejected the one who sent me. 22 They would not
be guilty if I had not come and spoken to them. But
now they have no excuse for their sin. 23Anyone who
hates me also hates my Father. 24 If I hadn’t done such
miraculous signs among them that no one else could
do, they would not be guilty. But as it is, they have
seen everything I did, yet they still hate me and my
Father. 25 This fulfills what is written in their Scriptures*: ‘They hated me without cause.’
26 “But I will send you the Advocate*—the Spirit
of truth. He will come to you from the Father and
will testify all about me. 27And you must also testify
about me because you have been with me from the
beginning of my ministry.
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“I have told you these things so that you won’t
abandon your faith. 2 For you will be expelled
from the synagogues, and the time is coming when
those who kill you will think they are doing a holy
service for God. 3 This is because they have never
known the Father or me. 4 Yes, I’m telling you these
things now, so that when they happen, you will
remember my warning. I didn’t tell you earlier because I was going to be with you for a while longer.
The Work of the Holy Spirit
5 “But now I am going away to the one who sent me,
and not one of you is asking where I am going. 6 Instead, you grieve because of what I’ve told you. 7 But
in fact, it is best for you that I go away, because if I
don’t, the Advocate* won’t come. If I do go away, then
I will send him to you. 8And when he comes, he will
convict the world of its sin, and of God’s righteousness, and of the coming judgment. 9 The world’s sin
is that it refuses to believe in me. 10 Righteousness is
available because I go to the Father, and you will see
me no more. 11 Judgment will come because the ruler
of this world has already been judged.
12 “There is so much more I want to tell you, but
you can’t bear it now. 13 When the Spirit of truth
comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not
speak on his own but will tell you what he has
heard. He will tell you about the future. 14 He will
bring me glory by telling you whatever he receives
from me. 15All that belongs to the Father is mine; this
is why I said, ‘The Spirit will tell you whatever he
receives from me.’
15:25 Greek in their law. Pss 35:19; 69:4. 15:26 Or Comforter, or Encourager, or Counselor. Greek reads Paraclete. 16:7 Or
Comforter, or Encourager, or Counselor. Greek reads Paraclete.
15:9-12 Jesus’ command to “remain in my love” has two implications. First, staying in Jesus’ love enables us to love each other.
Second, we do that by obeying his commands, which means
that love does not equate to indulging sins. For Christians, following Jesus and social responsibility go hand in hand.
