[18] “If the world hates you, remember that they hated me first.
[19] If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as it loves its own people. But I have chosen you to be different from those in the world. So you don’t belong to the world, and that is why the world hates you.
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.15.18-19.ERV
[16] “You did not choose me. I chose you. And I gave you this work: to go and produce fruit—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you anything you ask for in my name.
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.15.16.ERV
[12] This is what I command you: Love each other as I have loved you.
[13] The greatest love people can show is to die for their friends.
[14] You are my friends if you do what I tell you to do.
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.15.12-14.ERV
[10] I have obeyed my Father’s commands, and he continues to love me. In the same way, if you obey my commands, I will continue to love you.
[11] I have told you these things so that you can have the true happiness that I have. I want you to be completely happy.
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.15.10-11.ERV
[5] “I am the vine, and you are the branches. If you stay joined to me, and I to you, you will produce plenty of fruit. But separated from me you won’t be able to do anything.
[7] Stay joined together with me, and follow my teachings. If you do this, you can ask for anything you want, and it will be given to you.
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.15.5-7.ERV
[3] You have already been prepared to produce more fruit by the teaching I have given you.
[4] Stay joined to me and I will stay joined to you. No branch can produce fruit alone. It must stay connected to the vine. It is the same with you. You cannot produce fruit alone. You must stay joined to me.
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.15.3-4.ERV
[1] Jesus said, “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
[2] He cuts off every branch of mine that does not produce fruit. He also trims every branch that produces fruit to prepare it to produce even more.
https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.15.1-2.ERV
