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The Vine and the Branches
2Every branch in me that does not produce fruit he removes,15:2 Mt 3:10; 7:19; 15:13; Lk 3:9; 13:6–9; Jn 15:6; Rm 11:17,22and he prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit.
4Remain in me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me.15:4 Jn 6:56; 8:28; 1Jn 2:5
5I am the vine; 15:5 Jms 3:12you are the branches. The one who remains in me and I in him produces much fruit,15:5 Mk 4:8because you can do nothing without me.
6If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown aside15:6 Jn 15:2like a branch and he withers. They gather them, throw them into the fire,15:6 2Th 1:8and they are burned.15:6 1Th 1:8; 2Pt 3:7
Christlike Love
14You are my friends if you do what I command you.
17“This is what I command you: Love one another.
Persecutions Predicted
19If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen15:19 Eph 1:4you out of it, the world hates you.
20Remember the word I spoke to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’15:20 Jn 13:16If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word,15:20 Jn 8:51they will also keep yours.
21But they will do all these things to you on account of my name,15:21 Mk 13:13; Jn 10:25because they don’t know15:21 Jn 3:11; 7:28; 20:9the one who sent me.
22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin.15:22 Ezk 2:5; 3:7; Jn 9:41; Rm 1:20; 2:1; 6:23Now they have no excuse for their sin.
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