John 15:5-19
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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 ye can do nothing.
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6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
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7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
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8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
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9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
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10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
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11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
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12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
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13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
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14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
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15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
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16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
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17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
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18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
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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.