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John 15

Compare Translations — WEB vs KJV

Bible Compare John 15
Verse 1
WEB

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.

KJV

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

Verse 2
WEB

Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

KJV

Every 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.

Verse 3
WEB

You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

KJV

Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

Verse 4
WEB

Remain 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.

KJV

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.

Verse 5
WEB

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

KJV

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.

Verse 6
WEB

If 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.

KJV

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.

Verse 7
WEB

If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

KJV

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

Verse 8
WEB

“In this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.

KJV

Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

Verse 9
WEB

Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love.

KJV

As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.

Verse 10
WEB

If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, even as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.

KJV

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.

Verse 11
WEB

I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.

KJV

These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

Verse 12
WEB

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

KJV

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

Verse 13
WEB

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

KJV

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Verse 14
WEB

You are my friends if you do whatever I command you.

KJV

Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

Verse 15
WEB

No 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.

KJV

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.

Verse 16
WEB

You 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.

KJV

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.

Verse 17
WEB

“I command these things to you, that you may love one another.

KJV

These things I command you, that ye love one another.

Verse 18
WEB

If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.

KJV

If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

Verse 19
WEB

If 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.

KJV

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.

Verse 20
WEB

Remember 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 also keep yours.

KJV

Remember 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.

Verse 21
WEB

But they will do all these things to you for my name’s sake, because they don’t know him who sent me.

KJV

But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.

Verse 22
WEB

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

KJV

If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.

Verse 23
WEB

He who hates me, hates my Father also.

KJV

He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

Verse 24
WEB

If I hadn’t done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn’t have had sin. But now they have seen and also hated both me and my Father.

KJV

If 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.

Verse 25
WEB

But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’

KJV

But this cometh to pass , that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

Verse 26
WEB

“When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.

KJV

But 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:

Verse 27
WEB

You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

KJV

And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.