John 15
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
2Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
3Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
4Abide 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.
5I 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.
6If 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.
7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
8Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
9As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
11These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15Henceforth 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.
16Ye 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.
17These things I command you, that ye love one another.
18If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
19If 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.
20Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
21But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
22If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
24If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
25But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
26But 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:
27And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- ὁhoG358862× in this chapter
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
- σύsýG477134× in this chapter
thou
- ἐγώegṓG147328× in this chapter
I, me
- καίkaíG253223× in this chapter
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
- ἐνenG172218× in this chapter
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
- μέméG316517× in this chapter
me
- αὐτόςautósG84613× in this chapter
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438 (ἑαυτοῦ)) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
- εἰμίeimíG151011× in this chapter
I exist (used only when emphatic)
- μένωménōG330611× in this chapter
to stay (in a given place, state, relation or expectancy)
- οὐouG375611× in this chapter
the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb; no or not
- πατήρpatḗrG396210× in this chapter
a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
- ἵναhínaG24439× in this chapter
compare G3588 (ὁ)); in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
- ὅςhósG37399× in this chapter
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
- καρπόςkarpósG25908× in this chapter
fruit (as plucked), literally or figuratively
- ὅτιhótiG37548× in this chapter
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
- οὗτοςhoûtosG37788× in this chapter
the he (she or it), i.e. this or that (often with article repeated)
- ἐάνeánG14377× in this chapter
a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.; often used in connection with other particles to denote indefiniteness or uncertainty
- μισέωmiséōG34047× in this chapter
to detest (especially to persecute); by extension, to love less
- φέρωphérōG53427× in this chapter
to "bear" or carry (in a very wide application, literally and figuratively, as follows)
- δέdéG11616× in this chapter
but, and, etc.
- εἰeiG14876× in this chapter
if, whether, that, etc.
- κόσμοςkósmosG28896× in this chapter
orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally))
- μήmḗG33616× in this chapter
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas G3756 (οὐ) expects an affirmative one)) whether
- ποιέωpoiéōG41606× in this chapter
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
- ἀγαπάωagapáōG255× in this chapter
to love (in a social or moral sense)
- ἔχωéchōG21924× in this chapter
to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition)
- ἀλλάalláG2354× in this chapter
properly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
- καθώςkathṓsG25314× in this chapter
just (or inasmuch) as, that
- ἀγάπηagápēG264× in this chapter
love, i.e. affection or benevolence; specially (plural) a love-feast
- κλῆμαklēmaG28144× in this chapter
a limb or shoot (as if broken off)
- λόγοςlógosG30564× in this chapter
something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e. Christ)
- πᾶςpâsG39564× in this chapter
all, any, every, the whole
- τηρέωtēréōG50834× in this chapter
perhaps akin to G2334 (θεωρέω)); to guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from G5442 (φυλάσσω), which is properly to prevent escaping; and from G2892 (κουστωδία), which implies a fortress or full military lines of apparatus), i.e. to note (a prophecy; figuratively, to fulfil a command); by implication, to detain (in custody; figuratively, to maintain); by extension, to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively, to keep unmarried); by extension, to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively, to keep unmarried)
- διάdiáG12233× in this chapter
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
- δοῦλοςdoûlosG14013× in this chapter
a slave (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary; frequently, therefore in a qualified sense of subjection or subserviency)
- ἐκekG15373× in this chapter
literal or figurative; direct or remote)
- ἐκλέγομαιeklégomaiG15863× in this chapter
to select
- ἐντολήentolḗG17853× in this chapter
injunction, i.e. an authoritative prescription
- ἁμαρτίαhamartíaG2663× in this chapter
a sin (properly abstract)
- ἄμπελοςámpelosG2883× in this chapter
a vine (as coiling about a support)