Johannes 15
1 Jeg er det sande Viintræ, og min Fader er Viingaardsmanden.2 Hver Green paa mig, som ikke bærer Frugt, borttager han, og hver den, som bærer Frugt, renser han, at den skal bære mere Frugt.3 I ere allerede rene formedelst det Ord, som jeg har talet til Eder.4 Bliver i mig, da bliver og jeg i Eder. Ligesom Grenen ikke kan bære Frugt af sig selv, uden den bliver i Træet, saa kunne I ikke heller, uden I blive i mig.5 Jeg er Viintræet, I ere Grenene. Hvo som bliver i mig, og jeg i ham, han bærer megen Frugt; thi uden mig kunne I slet Intet gjøre.6 Om Nogen ikke bliver i mig, han bliver udkastet som en Green og visner; man sanker dem og kaster dem i Ilden, og de brænde.7 Dersom I blive i mig og mine Ord blive i Eder, da beder om hvadsomhelt I ville, og det skal vederfares Eder.8 Derudi forherliges min Fader, at I bære megen Frugt, og I skulle vorde mine Disciple.9 Ligesom Faderen har elsket mig, saa har jeg og elsket Eder; bliver i min Kjærlighed!10 Dersom I holde mine Befalinger, Skulle I blive i min Kjærlighed, ligesom jeg har holdt min Faders Befalinger og bliver i hans Kjærlighed.11 Dette har jeg talet til Eder, paa det min Glæde kan blive i Eder, og Eders Glæde kan blive fuldkommen.12 Denne er min Befaling, at I skulle elske hverandre, ligesom jeg har elsket Eder.13 Ingen har større Kjærlighed end denne, at En sætter sit Liv til for sine Venner.14 I ere mine Venner, dersom I gjøre, hvad jeg befaler Eder.15 Jeg kalder Eder ikke længere Tjenere; thi Tjeneren veed ikke, hvad hans Herre gjør; men Eder har jeg kaldet Venner; thi alt det, som jeg har hørt af min Fader, har jeg kundgjort Eder.16 I have ikke udvalgt mig, men jeg har udvalgt Eder og sat Eder, at I skulle gaae hen og bære Frugt, og Eders Frugt skal blive ved; at hvadsomhelst I bede Faderen i mit Navn, skal han give Eder.17 Dette befaler jeg Eder, at I skulle elske hverandre.18 Dersom Verden hader Eder, da vider, at den har hadet mig førend Eder.19 Vare I af Verden da vilde Verden elske sit Eget; men efterdi I ikke ere af Verden, men jeg har udvalt Eder af Verden, derfor hader Verden Eder.20 Kommer det Ord ihu, som jeg sagde Eder: en Tjener er ikke større end hans Herre. Have de forfulgt mig, skulle de og forfølge Eder; have de holdt mit Ord, skulle de og holde Eders.21 Men alt dette skulle de gjøre Eder for mit Navns Skyld, fordi de ikke kjende den, som mig har udsendt.22 Dersom jeg ikke var kommen og havde talet til dem, havde de ikke Synd; men nu have de end ikke et paaskud for deres Synd.23 Hvo mig hader, hader og min Fader.24 Havde jeg ikke gjort de Gjerninger iblandt dem, som ingen Anden har gjort, havde de ikke Synd; men nu have de seet dem og dog hadet baade mig og min Fader.25 Dog, de Ord, som ere skrevne i deres Lov, maa fuldkommes: de hadede mig uforskyldt.26 Men naar Talsmanden kommer, hvilken jeg skal sende Eder fra Faderen, den Sandheds Aand, som udgaaer fra Faderen), han skal vidne om mig.27 Men ogsaa I skulle vidne; thi I vare med mig fra Begyndelsen.
John 15
The Vine and the Branches
1 “I am the true vines and my Father is the gardener.t2 He takes awayts every branch that does not beart fruit in me. Het prunest every branch that bearst fruit so that it will bear more fruit.3 You are clean alreadys because of the word that I have spoken to you.
4 Remaint in me, and I will remain in you.t Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself,s unless it remainst int the vine, so neither can you unless you remaint in me.
5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remainst in me – and I in him – bearst much fruit,ts because apart from me you can accomplisht nothing.6 If anyone does not remaint in me, he is thrown out like a branch, and dries up; and such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire,s and are burned up.t7 If you remaint in me and my words remaint in you, ask whatever you want, and it will be done for you.s
8 My Father is honoredt by this, thatt you beart much fruit and show that you ares my disciples.
9 “Just as the Father has loved me, I have also loved you; remaint in my love.10 If you obeyt my commandments, you will remaint in my love, just as I have obeyedt my Father’s commandments and remaint in his love.11 I have told you these thingst so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete.12 My commandment is this – to love one another just as I have loved you.s13 No one has greater love than this – that one lays down his lifet for his friends.14 You are my friendss if you do what I command you.15 I no longer call you slaves,t because the slave does not understandt what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everythingt I heardt from my Father.16 You did not choose me, but I chose yous and appointed you to go and beart fruit, fruit that remains,s so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.
17 Thist I command you – to love one another.
The World’s Hatred
18 “If the world hates you, be awaret that it hated me first.t19 If you belonged to the world,t the world would love you as its own.t However, because you do not belong to the world,t but I chose you out of the world, for this reasont the world hates you.s20 Remember whatt I told you, ‘A slavet is not greater than his master.’s If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyedt my word, they will obeyt yours too.21 But they will do all these things to you on account oft my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.t22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin.ts But they no longer have any excuse for their sin.23 The one who hates me hates my Father too.24 If I had not performedt among them the miraculous deedst that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin.t But now they have seen the deedst and have hated both me and my Father.t25 Now this happenedt to fulfill the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without reason.’s26 When the Advocatet comes, whom I will send you from the Father – the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father – het will testify about me,
27 and you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.