Wisdom & Truth Verses

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. {without me: or, severed from me}

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. {offended: scandalized or, made to stumble}

They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.