John:15

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* I (note :)We are by nature dry and fit for nothing but the fire . Therefore , in order that we may live and be fruitful , we must first be grafted into Christ , as it were into a vine , by the Father 's hand : and then be daily moulded with a continual meditation of the word , and the cross : otherwise it will not avail any man at all to have been grafted unless he cleaves fast to the vine , and so draws juice out of it .(:note ) am the true vine , and my Father is the husbandman . * Euery branch that beareth not fruite in me , he taketh away : and euery one that beareth fruite , he purgeth it , that it may bring forth more fruite . * Nowe are ye cleane through the worde , which I haue spoken vnto you . * Abide in me , and I in you : as the branche cannot beare fruite of it selfe , except it abide in the vine , no more can ye , except ye abide in me . * I am that vine : ye are the branches : he that abideth in me , &amp ; I in him , the same bringeth forth much fruite : for without me can ye doe nothing . * If a man abide not in me , he is cast forth as a branche , and withereth : and men gather them , and cast them into the fire , and they burne . * * * * If ye shall keepe my commandements , ye shall abide in my loue , as I haue kept my Fathers commandements , and abide in his loue . * These things haue I spoken vnto you , that my ioy might remaine in you , and that your ioy might be full . * This is my commandement , that ye loue one another , as I haue loued you . * Greater loue then this hath no man , when any man bestoweth his life for his friendes . * Ye are my friendes , if ye doe whatsoeuer I commaund you . * * * These things commaunde I you , that ye loue one another . * * If ye were of the worlde , the world woulde loue his owne : but because ye are not of ye world , but I haue chosen you out of the world , therefore the world hateth you . * Remember the word that I said vnto you , The seruant is not greater then his master . If they haue persecuted me , they will persecute you also : if they haue kept my worde , they will also keepe yours . * * * He that hateth me , hateth my Father also . * If I had not done workes among them which none other man did , they had not had sinne : but nowe haue they both seene , and haue hated both me , and my Father . * But [this cometh to pass ], that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their (note :)Sometimes this word «law » refers to the five books of Moses , but in this place it refers to the whole scripture : for the place that he refers to is found in the Psalms .(:note ) law , They hated me without a cause . * * And ye shall witnesse also , because ye haue bene with me from the beginning .

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