John 15:1 ¶ “I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. cr 2 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. cr 3 You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. cr 4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me. cr 5 I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. cr 6 If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned. cr 7 If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you. cr

John 15:8 ¶ “In this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples. cr 9 Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love. cr 10 If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, even as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. cr 11 I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full. cr

John 15:12 ¶ “This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. cr 13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. cr 14 You are my friends if you do whatever I command you. cr 15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you. cr