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John 15

6 The sweet consolation, and mutual love between Christ and his members under the parable of the vine. 18 Of their common afflictions and persecutions. 26 The office of the holie Ghost and the Apostles.
1.I am the true vine, and my Father is an husband man.
2.*Every branch that beareth not fruit in me, he taketh away: and every one that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
3.*Now are ye clean through the word, which I have spoken unto you.
4.Abide in me, and I in you: as the branch can not bear fruit of it self, except it abide in the vine, not more can ye, aexcept ye abide in me.
5.I am the vine: ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me can ye do nothing.
6.If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and withereth: and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they burn.
7.If ye abide in me and my bwords abide in you, ask cwhat ye will, and it shalbe done to you.
8.Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit, and be made my disciples.
9.As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue in dmy love.
10.If ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love, as I have kept my Father’s commandments, & abide in his love.
11.These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be efull.
12.*This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.
13.Greater love then this hath no man, when any man bestoweth his life for his friends.
14.Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15.Henceforth, call I you not servants: for the servant knoweth not what his master doeth: but I have called you friends: for fall things that I have heard of my Father, have I made knowen to you.
16.Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, *that ye go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit remain, that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my Name, he may give it you.
17.These things command I you, that ye love one another.
18.If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before you.
19.If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20.Remember the word that I said unto you, *The servant is not greater then his master. *If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you also: if they have gkept my word, they will also keep hyours.
21.But all these things will they do unto you for my Name’s sake, because they have not knowen him that sent me.
22.If I had not come and spoken unto them, they ishould not have had sin: but now have they no kcloak for their sin.
23.He that hateth me, hateth my Father also.
24.If I had not done works among them which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen, and have hated both me, and my Father.
25.But it is that the word might be fulfilled, that is written in their lLaw, *They hated me without a cause.
26.But when the Comforter shall come, *whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth of the Father, he shall testify of me.
27.And ye shall witness also, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

Notes

2-*.
Mat. 15.13.
3-*.
Chap. 13.10.
4-a.
We can bring forth no fruit, except we be ingrafted in Christ.
7-b.
We must be rooted in Jesus Christ by faith, which comes of the word of God.
7-c.
So that you follow God’s word, which you comprehend by faith.
9-d.
Wherewith I love you.
11-e.
Perfect and entire.
12-*.
Chap. 13.34, 1 Thess. 4.9, 1 John 3.11 and 4.21.
15-f.
So that there is nothing omitted that is necessary for us and concerning our salvation.
16-*.
Mat. 28.19.
20-*.
Chap. 13.16, Mat. 10.24.
20-*-1.
Mat. 24.9.
20-g.
The word also signifies, to be diligent to espy fautes to trip one in.
20-h.
Which is the self same word, but called theirs because they preach it.
22-i.
But should have seemed to be innocent, if I had not discovered their malice.
22-k.
In that they refused Christ it takes from them all excuse wherewith they would have justified themselves as if they had been very holy and without all sin.
25-*.
Psal. 35.19.
25-l.
That is, in the holy Scriptures.
26-*.
Chap. 14.26, Luk. 24.49.