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but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/15-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and <i>that</i> your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/15-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>This I command you, that you love one another. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>Disciples Relation to the World</i></b></font><p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/15-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before <i>it hated</i> you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/15-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/15-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>Remember the word that I said to you, A slave is not greater than his master. If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/15-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>But all these things they will do to you for My names sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/15-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/15-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>He who hates Me hates My Father also. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/15-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/15-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>But <i>they have done this</i> to fulfill the word that is written in their Law, T<font size="1">HEY HATED</font> M<font size="1">E WITHOUT A CAUSE</font>. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/15-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, <i>that is</i> the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me, <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/15-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>and you <i>will</i> testify also, because you have been with Me from the beginning. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/john/15.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/john/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/john/15.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/john/15.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/john/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/john/15.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />This is my commandment to you, to love one another as I have loved you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/john/15.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />"This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/john/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/all_saints_day_and_other_sermons/sermon_xiv_the_comforter.htm">The Comforter</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Eversley. Sunday after Ascension Day. 1868. St John xv. 26. "When the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me." Some writers, especially when they are writing hymns, have fallen now-a- days into a habit of writing of the Holy Spirit of God, in a tone of which I dare not say that it is wrong or untrue; but of which I must say, that it is one-sided. And if there are two sides to a matter, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/all_saints_day_and_other_sermons/sermon_xiv_the_comforter.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Kingsley—</span><span class="citation2">All Saints' Day and Other Sermons</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/april_1_morning.htm">April 1 Morning</a><br></span><span class="snippet">The fruit of the Spirit is joy.--GAL. 5:22. Joy in the Holy Ghost.--Unspeakable and full of glory. Sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; . . . exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.--We glory in tribulations. Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; . . . for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame.--These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be fuIl.--As the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/april_1_morning.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Anonymous—</span><span class="citation2">Daily Light on the Daily Path</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/february_8_morning.htm">February 8 Morning</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends.--JOHN 15:15. The Lord said, shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do?--It is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven.--God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.--Even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory. Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/february_8_morning.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Anonymous—</span><span class="citation2">Daily Light on the Daily Path</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/december_16_evening.htm">December 16 Evening</a><br></span><span class="snippet">The deep things of God.--I COR. 2:10. 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.--It is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. We have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/december_16_evening.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Anonymous—</span><span class="citation2">Daily Light on the Daily Path</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/january_21_morning.htm">January 21 Morning</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it.--JOHN 15:2. He is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: and he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. We glory in tribulations: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/january_21_morning.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Anonymous—</span><span class="citation2">Daily Light on the Daily Path</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/june_13_morning.htm">June 13 Morning</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Abide in me, and I in you.--JOHN 15:4. I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/june_13_morning.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Anonymous—</span><span class="citation2">Daily Light on the Daily Path</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/february_3_morning.htm">February 3 Morning</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Be strong, and work; for I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts.--HAG. 2:4. 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.--I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.--Strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.--The joy of the Lord is your strength. Thus said the Lord of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets.--Strengthen <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/february_3_morning.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Anonymous—</span><span class="citation2">Daily Light on the Daily Path</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/july_22_evening.htm">July 22 Evening</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Keep yourselves in the love of God.--JUDE 21. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 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. The fruit of the Spirit is love. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/july_22_evening.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Anonymous—</span><span class="citation2">Daily Light on the Daily Path</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/january_28_that_my_joy.htm">January 28. "That My Joy Might Remain in You, and that Your Joy Might be Full" (John xv. 11). </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"That my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full" (John xv. 11). There is a joy that springs spontaneously in the heart without external or even rational cause. It is an artesian fountain. It rejoices because it cannot help it. It is the glory of God; it is the heart of Christ, it is the joy divine of which He says, "These things have I spoken unto you that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full." And your joy no man taketh from you. He who possesses this fountain <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/january_28_that_my_joy.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Rev. A. B. Simpson—</span><span class="citation2">Days of Heaven Upon Earth </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/may_19_he_purgeth_it.htm">May 19. "He Purgeth it that it May Bring Forth More Fruit" (John xv. 2). </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"He purgeth it that it may bring forth more fruit" (John xv. 2). Recently we passed a garden. The gardener had just finished his pruning, and the wounds of the knife and saw were just beginning to heal, while the warm April sun was gently nourishing the stricken plant into fresh life and energy. We thought as we looked at that plant how cruel it would be to begin next week and cut it down. Now, the gardener's business is to revive and nourish it into life. Its business is not to die, but to live. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/may_19_he_purgeth_it.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Rev. A. B. Simpson—</span><span class="citation2">Days of Heaven Upon Earth </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/november_26_he_purgeth_it.htm">November 26. "He Purgeth it that it May Bring Forth More Fruit" (John xv. 2). </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"He purgeth it that it may bring forth more fruit" (John xv. 2). One day we passed a garden. The gardener had finished his pruning, and the wounds of the knife and saw were beginning to heal, while the warm April sun was gently nourishing the stricken plant into fresh life and energy. We thought as we looked at that plant how cruel it would be to begin next week and cut it down again. It would bleed to death. Now, the gardener's business is to revive and nourish into life. Its business is not to <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/november_26_he_purgeth_it.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Rev. A. B. 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