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'''John 15''' is the fifteenth chapter in the [[Gospel of John]] in the [[New Testament]] section of the Christian [[Bible]]. It is part of what New Testament scholars have called the 'farewell discourses' of Jesus. It has historically been a source of Christian teaching, [[Christology|Christological]] debate and reflection, and its images (particularly of Jesus as the vine) have been influential in Christian art and iconography. The chapter implies one of the highest and most developed Christologies to be found in the New Testament. |
'''John 15''' is the fifteenth chapter in the [[Gospel of John]] in the [[New Testament]] section of the Christian [[Bible]]. It is part of what New Testament scholars have called the 'farewell discourses' of Jesus. It has historically been a source of Christian teaching, [[Christology|Christological]] debate and reflection, and its images (particularly of Jesus as the vine) have been influential in Christian art and iconography. The chapter implies one of the highest and most developed Christologies to be found in the New Testament. |
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The chapter concludes by warning disciples to expect persecution and promises the gift of the parakletos (paraclete or [[Holy Spirit]]). The reference to the Spirit in 15:26, speaks of it as sent by the Son from the Father. This verse has been particularly influential in debates concerning the nature of the [[Trinity]] and in the [[filioque]] disputes between Eastern and Western Christianity. |
The chapter concludes by warning disciples to expect persecution and promises the gift of the parakletos (paraclete or [[Holy Spirit]]). The reference to the Spirit in 15:26, speaks of it as sent by the Son from the Father. This verse has been particularly influential in debates concerning the nature of the [[Trinity]] and in the [[filioque]] disputes between Eastern and Western Christianity. |
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==Full text== |
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In the [[King James Version]] this chapters reads: |
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<small>[[John 15:1|1]]</small>I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.<br> |
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<small>[[John 15:2|2]]</small>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.<br> |
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<small>[[John 15:3|3]]</small>Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.<br> |
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<small>[[John 15:4|4]]</small>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.<br> |
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<small>[[John 15:5|5]]</small>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.<br> |
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<small>[[John 15:6|6]]</small>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.<br> |
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<small>[[John 15:7|7]]</small>If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.<br> |
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<small>[[John 15:8|8]]</small>Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.<br> |
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<small>[[John 15:9|9]]</small>As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.<br> |
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<small>[[John 15:10|10]]</small>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.<br> |
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<small>[[John 15:11|11]]</small>These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.<br> |
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<small>[[John 15:12|12]]</small>This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.<br> |
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<small>[[John 15:13|13]]</small>Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.<br> |
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<small>[[John 15:14|14]]</small>Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.<br> |
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<small>[[John 15:15|15]]</small>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.<br> |
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<small>[[John 15:16|16]]</small>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.<br> |
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<small>[[John 15:17|17]]</small>These things I command you, that ye love one another.<br> |
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<small>[[John 15:18|18]]</small>If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.<br> |
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<small>[[John 15:19|19]]</small>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.<br> |
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<small>[[John 15:20|20]]</small>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.<br> |
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<small>[[John 15:21|21]]</small>But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.<br> |
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<small>[[John 15:22|22]]</small>If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.<br> |
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<small>[[John 15:23|23]]</small>He that hateth me hateth my Father also.<br> |
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<small>[[John 15:24|24]]</small>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.<br> |
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<small>[[John 15:25|25]]</small>But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.<br> |
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<small>[[John 15:26|26]]</small>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:<br> |
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<small>[[John 15:27|27]]</small>And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.<br> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 18:18, 9 July 2005
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John 15 is the fifteenth chapter in the Gospel of John in the New Testament section of the Christian Bible. It is part of what New Testament scholars have called the 'farewell discourses' of Jesus. It has historically been a source of Christian teaching, Christological debate and reflection, and its images (particularly of Jesus as the vine) have been influential in Christian art and iconography. The chapter implies one of the highest and most developed Christologies to be found in the New Testament.
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Analysis
The chapter presents Jesus speaking in the first person. Although ostensibly addressing his disciples, most scholars conclude the chapter is written with events concerning the later church in mind. Jesus is presented as explaining the relationship between himself and his followers - seeking to model this relationship on his own relationship with his Father.
The chapter introduces the extended metaphor of Christ as the true vine. God is the vine tender. His disciples are said to be branches - which must 'abide' in him if they are to 'bear fruit'. The disciples are warned that barren branches are pruned by the vinedresser.
The chapter proceeds by comparing the close relationship of Jesus and his disciples ('abiding') to that of himself and his Father. Disciples are reminded of the love of the Father and the Son - the love of the Son for the disciples, and then indicted to 'love one another' in the same manner. Verse 13 speaks of the 'greatest love' as being the willingness to 'lay down' life for friends. This text, which primarily refers to Jesus’ impending death, has since been widely used to affirm the sacrifice of martyrs and soldiers in war, often been seen on war memorials and graves.
The chapter concludes by warning disciples to expect persecution and promises the gift of the parakletos (paraclete or Holy Spirit). The reference to the Spirit in 15:26, speaks of it as sent by the Son from the Father. This verse has been particularly influential in debates concerning the nature of the Trinity and in the filioque disputes between Eastern and Western Christianity.
References
- Bultmann, Rudolf The Gospel of John Blackwell 1971
- Linders, Barnabus The Gospel of John Marshal Morgan and Scott 1972
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| Chapters of the Bible | ||
| Preceded by: John 14 |
Gospel of John | Followed by: John 16 |