요한복음 15

1내가 참 포도나무요 내 아버지는 그 농부라 2무릇 내게 있어 과실을 맺지 아니하는 가지는 아버지께서 이를 제해 버리시고 무릇 과실을 맺는 가지는 더 과실을 맺게 하려 하여 이를 깨끗케 하시느니라 3너희는 내가 일러 준 말로 이미 깨끗하였으니 4내 안에 거하라 나도 너희 안에 거하리라 가지가 포도나무에 붙어 있지 아니하면 절로 과실을 맺을 수 없음 같이 너희도 내 안에 있지 아니하면 그러하리라 5나는 포도나무요 너희는 가지니 저가 내 안에, 내가 저 안에 있으면 이 사람은 과실을 많이 맺나니 나를 떠나서는 너희가 아무 것도 할 수 없음이라 6사람이 내 안에 거하지 아니하면 가지처럼 밖에 버리워 말라지나니 사람들이 이것을 모아다가 불에 던져 사르느니라 7너희가 내 안에 거하고 내 말이 너희 안에 거하면 무엇이든지 원하는 대로 구하라 그리하면 이루리라 8너희가 과실을 많이 맺으면 내 아버지께서 영광을 받으실 것이요 너희가 내 제자가 되리라 9아버지께서 나를 사랑하신 것 같이 나도 너희를 사랑하였으니 나의 사랑 안에 거하라 10내가 아버지의 계명을 지켜 그의 사랑 안에 거하는 것 같이 너희도 내 계명을 지키면 내 사랑 안에 거하리라 11내가 이것을 너희에게 이름은 내 기쁨이 너희 안에 있어 너희 기쁨을 충만하게 하려 함이니라 12내 계명은 곧 내가 너희를 사랑한 것 같이 너희도 서로 사랑하라 하는 이것이니라 13사람이 친구를 위하여 자기 목숨을 버리면 이에서 더 큰 사랑이 없나니 14너희가 나의 명하는 대로 행하면 곧 나의 친구라 15이제부터는 너희를 종이라 하지 아니하리니 종은 주인의 하는 것을 알지 못함이라 너희를 친구라 하였노니 내가 내 아버지께 들은 것을 다 너희에게 알게 하였음이니라 16너희가 나를 택한 것이 아니요 내가 너희를 택하여 세웠나니 이는 너희로 가서 과실을 맺게 하고 또 너희 과실이 항상 있게 하여 내 이름으로 아버지께 무엇을 구하든지 다 받게 하려 함이니라 17내가 이것을 너희에게 명함은 너희로 서로 사랑하게 하려 함이로라 18세상이 너희를 미워하면 너희보다 먼저 나를 미워한 줄을 알라 19너희가 세상에 속하였으면 세상이 자기의 것을 사랑할 터이나 너희는 세상에 속한 자가 아니요 도리어 세상에서 나의 택함을 입은 자인 고로 세상이 너희를 미워하느니라 20내가 너희더러 종이 주인보다 더 크지 못하다 한 말을 기억하라 사람들이 나를 핍박하였은즉 너희도 핍박할 터이요 내 말을 지켰은즉 너희 말도 지킬 터이라 21그러나 사람들이 내 이름을 인하여 이 모든 일을 너희에게 하리니 이는 나 보내신 이를 알지 못함이니라 22내가 와서 저희에게 말하지 아니하였더면 죄가 없었으려니와 지금은 그 죄를 핑계할 수 없느니라 23나를 미워하는 자는 또 내 아버지를 미워하느니라 24내가 아무도 못한 일을 저희 중에서 하지 아니하였더면 저희가 죄 없었으려니와 지금은 저희가 나와 및 내 아버지를 보았고 또 미워하였도다 25그러나 이는 저희 율법에 기록된 바 저희가 연고 없이 나를 미워하였다 한 말을 응하게 하려 함이니라 26내가 아버지께로서 너희에게 보낼 보혜사 곧 아버지께로서 나오시는 진리의 성령이 오실 때에 그가 나를 증거하실 것이요 27너희도 처음부터 나와 함께 있었으므로 증거하느니라

1“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. 2Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me. 5I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you. 8“In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples. 9Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love. 10If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and remain in his love. 11I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full. 12“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. 13Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. 14You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you. 15No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you. 16You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you. 17“I command these things to you, that you may love one another. 18If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also. 21But all these things will they do to you for my name’s sake, because they don’t know him who sent me. 22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23He who hates me, hates my Father also. 24If I hadn’t done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn’t have had sin. But now have they seen and also hated both me and my Father. 25But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’ 26“When the Counselorhas come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me. 27You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

1Ik ben de ware Wijnstok, en Mijn Vader is de Landman. 2Alle rank, die in Mij geen vrucht draagt, die neemt Hij weg; en al wie vrucht draagt, die reinigt Hij, opdat zij meer vrucht drage. 3Gijlieden zijt nu rein om het woord, dat Ik tot u gesproken heb. 4Blijft in Mij, en Ik in u. Gelijkerwijs de rank geen vrucht kan dragen van zichzelve, zo zij niet in den wijnstok blijft; alzo ook gij niet, zo gij in Mij niet blijft. 5Ik ben de Wijnstok, en gij de ranken; die in Mij blijft, en Ik in hem, die draagt veel vrucht; want zonder Mij kunt gij niets doen. 6Zo iemand in Mij niet blijft, die is buiten geworpen, gelijkerwijs de rank, en is verdord; en men vergadert dezelve, en men werpt ze in het vuur, en zij worden verbrand. 7Indien gij in Mij blijft, en Mijn woorden in u blijven, zo wat gij wilt, zult gij begeren, en het zal u geschieden. 8Hierin is Mijn Vader verheerlijkt, dat gij veel vrucht draagt; en gij zult Mijn discipelen zijn. 9Gelijkerwijs de Vader Mij liefgehad heeft, heb Ik ook u liefgehad; blijft in deze Mijn liefde. 10Indien gij Mijn geboden bewaart, zo zult gij in Mijn liefde blijven; gelijkerwijs Ik de geboden Mijns Vaders bewaard heb, en blijf in Zijn liefde. 11Deze dingen heb Ik tot u gesproken, opdat Mijn blijdschap in u blijve, en uw blijdschap vervuld worde. 12Dit is Mijn gebod, dat gij elkander liefhebt, gelijkerwijs Ik u liefgehad heb. 13Niemand heeft meerder liefde dan deze, dat iemand zijn leven zette voor zijn vrienden. 14Gij zijt Mijn vrienden, zo gij doet wat Ik u gebiede. 15Ik heet u niet meer dienstknechten; want de dienstknecht weet niet, wat zijn heer doet; maar Ik heb u vrienden genoemd; want al wat Ik van Mijn Vader gehoord heb, dat heb Ik u bekend gemaakt. 16Gij hebt Mij niet uitverkoren, maar Ik heb u uitverkoren, en Ik heb u gesteld, dat gij zoudt heengaan en vrucht dragen, en dat uw vrucht blijve; opdat, zo wat gij van den Vader begeren zult in Mijn Naam, Hij u dat geve. 17Dit gebied Ik u, opdat gij elkander liefhebt. 18Indien u de wereld haat, zo weet, dat zij Mij eer dan u gehaat heeft. 19Indien gij van de wereld waart, zo zou de wereld het hare liefhebben; doch omdat gij van de wereld niet zijt, maar Ik u uit de wereld heb uitverkoren, daarom haat u de wereld. 20Gedenk des woords, dat Ik u gezegd heb: Een dienstknecht is niet meerder dan zijn heer. Indien zij Mij vervolgd hebben, zij zullen ook u vervolgen; indien zij Mijn woord bewaard hebben, zij zullen ook het uwe bewaren. 21Maar al deze dingen zullen zij doen om Mijns Naams wil, omdat zij Hem niet kennen, Die Mij gezonden heeft. 22Indien Ik niet gekomen ware, en tot hen gesproken had, zij hadden geen zonde; maar nu hebben zij geen voorwendsel voor hun zonde. 23Die Mij haat, die haat ook Mijn Vader. 24Indien Ik de werken onder hen niet had gedaan, die niemand anders gedaan heeft, zij hadden geen zonde; maar nu hebben zij ze gezien, en beiden Mij en Mijn Vader gehaat. 25Maar dit geschiedt, opdat het woord vervuld worde, dat in hun wet geschreven is: Zij hebben mij zonder oorzaak gehaat. 26Maar wanneer de Trooster zal gekomen zijn, Dien Ik u zenden zal van den Vader, namelijk de Geest der waarheid, Die van den Vader uitgaat, Die zal van Mij getuigen. 27En gij zult ook getuigen, want gij zijt van den beginne met Mij geweest.