John, Chapter 15
Introduction
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- Manuscript scan: The actual folio of Codex Sinaiticus containing this passage, from the Codex Sinaiticus Project (codexsinaiticus.org). Library folio reference: 256.
- Original text: The Codex Sinaiticus Project's verbatim transcription of the folio shown, letter for letter as the scribe wrote it (no accents, lunate sigma ϲ, nomina sacra such as θϲ for θεός and κϲ for κύριος). Beneath it, for comparison, the reading of Tischendorf's 8th critical edition (1869). Where the two differ, the transcription is what the manuscript actually says.
- English translation: The King James Version (1611), retrieved verbatim from the public-domain bible-api.com endpoint.
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1εγω ειμι . η αμπελοϲ η αληθινη · και ο πατηρ μου · ο γεωργοϲ εϲτιν ˙ 2παν κλημα εν εμοι · μη φερον καρπον · αιρει αυτο ˙ και παν το καρπον φερο · καθαιρει αυτον . ϊνα καρπον πλειω φερη · 3ηδη ϋμειϲ καθαροι εϲτε · δια τον λογον ον λελαληκα υμιν · 4μινατε εν εμοι καγω εν ϋμιν · καθωϲ το κλημα ου δυναται καρπον φερειν αφ εαυτου · εαν μη μενη εν τη αμπελω · ουτωϲ ουδε ϋμιϲ · εαν μη εν εμοι μενητε · 5εγω ειμι η αμπελοϲ · ϋμιϲ τα κληματα · ο μενων εν εμοι καγω εν αυτω . ουτοϲ φερει καρπον πολυν · οτι χωριϲ εμου ου δυναϲθαι ποιειν ουδεν · 6εα μη τιϲ μενη εν εμοι · εβληθη εξω ωϲ το κλημα και εξηρανθη · και ϲυναγουϲιν αυτο · και ειϲ το πυρʼ βαλλουϲιν και καιεται : 7εαν μεινητε εν εμοι · και τα ρηματα μου εν υ μινη · οϲα εαν θελητε · αιτηϲεϲθε και γενηϲεται ϋμιν : 8εν τουτω εδοξαϲθη ο πατηρ μου · ϊνα καρπον πολυν φερηται · και γενηϲεϲθαι μοι μαθηται ·
Compare: Tischendorf 8th edition (1869)
1Ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ἄμπελος ἡ ἀληθινή, καὶ ὁ πατήρ μου ὁ γεωργός ἐστιν. 2πᾶν κλῆμα ἐν ἐμοὶ μὴ φέρον καρπόν, αἴρει αὐτό, καὶ πᾶν τὸ καρπὸν φέρον, καθαίρει αὐτὸ ἵνα καρπὸν πλείονα φέρῃ. 3ἤδη ὑμεῖς καθαροί ἐστε διὰ τὸν λόγον ὃν λελάληκα ὑμῖν· 4μείνατε ἐν ἐμοί, κἀγὼ ἐν ὑμῖν. καθὼς τὸ κλῆμα οὐ δύναται καρπὸν φέρειν ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ ἐὰν μὴ μένῃ ἐν τῇ ἀμπέλῳ, οὕτως οὐδὲ ὑμεῖς ἐὰν μὴ ἐν ἐμοὶ μένητε. 5ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ἄμπελος, ὑμεῖς τὰ κλήματα. ὁ μένων ἐν ἐμοὶ κἀγὼ ἐν αὐτῷ, οὗτος φέρει καρπὸν πολύν, ὅτι χωρὶς ἐμοῦ οὐ δύνασθε ποιεῖν οὐδέν. 6ἐὰν μή τις μένῃ ἐν ἐμοί, ἐβλήθη ἔξω ὡς τὸ κλῆμα καὶ ἐξηράνθη, καὶ συνάγουσιν αὐτὸ καὶ εἰς τὸ πῦρ βάλλουσιν, καὶ καίεται. 7ἐὰν μείνητε ἐν ἐμοὶ καὶ τὰ ῥήματά μου ἐν ὑμῖν μείνῃ, ὃ ἐὰν θέλητε αἰτήσασθε, καὶ γενήσεται ὑμῖν. 8ἐν τούτῳ ἐδοξάσθη ὁ πατήρ μου, ἵνα καρπὸν πολὺν φέρητε καὶ γενήσεσθε ἐμοὶ μαθηταί.
1I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2Every 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. 3Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 4Abide 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. 5I 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. 6If 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. 7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 8Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
9καθωϲ ηγαπηϲεν με ο πατηρ · καγω ηγαπηϲα ϋμαϲ · μεινατε εν τη αγαπη τη εμη 10καθωϲ καγω του πατροϲ μου ταϲ εντολαϲ μου ετηρηϲα · και μενω αυτου εν τη αγαπη · 11ταυτα λελαληκα ϋμιν · ϊνα η χαρα η εμη · εν υμιν μεινη · και η χαρα ϋμων πληρωθη · 12αυτη εϲτιν η εντολη η εμη ϊνα αγαπατε αλληλουϲ καθωϲ ηγαπηϲα υμαϲ : 13μειζονα ταυτηϲ αγαπη ουδιϲ εχει · ϊνα τη ψυχην αυτου θη · ϋπερ των φιλων αυτου : 14ϋμειϲ γαρ φιλοι μου εϲτε εαν ποιηται α εγω εντελλομαι ϋμιν · 15ουκετι λεγω υμαϲ δουλουϲ · οτι ο δουλοϲ · ουκ οιδε τι ποιει αυτου ο κϲ : ϋμαϲ δε ειρηκα φιλουϲ · οτι παντα · α ηκουϲα παρα του πατροϲ μου · εγνωριϲα υμιν · 16ουχ ϋμιϲ εξελεξαϲθαι · αλλ εγω εξελεξαμην ϋμαϲ · και εθηκα ϋ μαϲ · ϊνα ϋμιϲ ϋπαγητε και καρπον φερηται · και ο καρποϲ ϋμων μενη ο τι εαν αιτηϲηται τον πατερα · εν τω ονοματι μου δωϲει ϋμιν ·
Compare: Tischendorf 8th edition (1869)
9καθὼς ἠγάπησέν με ὁ πατήρ, κἀγὼ ἠγάπησα ὑμᾶς· μείνατε ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ τῇ ἐμῇ. 10ἐὰν τὰς ἐντολάς μου τηρήσητε, μενεῖτε ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ μου, καθὼς κἀγὼ τοῦ πατρός μου τὰς ἐντολὰς τετήρηκα καὶ μένω αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ. 11ταῦτα λελάληκα ὑμῖν ἵνα ἡ χαρὰ ἡ ἐμὴ ἐν ὑμῖν ᾖ καὶ ἡ χαρὰ ὑμῶν πληρωθῇ. 12αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἐντολὴ ἡ ἐμή, ἵνα ἀγαπᾶτε ἀλλήλους καθὼς ἠγάπησα ὑμᾶς· 13μείζονα ταύτης ἀγάπην οὐδεὶς ἔχει ἵνα τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ θῇ ὑπὲρ τῶν φίλων αὐτοῦ. 14ὑμεῖς φίλοι μού ἐστε, ἐὰν ποιῆτε ἃ ἐγὼ ἐντέλλομαι ὑμῖν. 15οὐκέτι λέγω ὑμᾶς δούλους, ὅτι ὁ δοῦλος οὐκ οἶδεν τί ποιεῖ αὐτοῦ ὁ κύριος· ὑμᾶς δὲ εἴρηκα φίλους, ὅτι πάντα ἃ ἤκουσα παρὰ τοῦ πατρός μου ἐγνώρισα ὑμῖν. 16οὐχ ὑμεῖς με ἐξελέξασθε, ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ ἐξελεξάμην ὑμᾶς καὶ ἔθηκα ὑμᾶς ἵνα ὑμεῖς ὑπάγητε καὶ καρπὸν φέρητε καὶ ὁ καρπὸς ὑμῶν μένῃ, ἵνα ὅ τι ἂν αἰτήσητε τὸν πατέρα ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου δῷ ὑμῖν.
9As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. 11These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. 15Henceforth 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. 16Ye 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.
17ταυτα εντελλομαι υμιν ινα αγαπατε αλληλουϲ · 18ει ο κοϲμοϲ ϋμαϲ μειϲει · γινωϲκετε · οτι εμε πρωτον εμιϲηκεν · 19ει εκ του κοϲμου ητε · ο κοϲμοϲ αν το ϊδιο εφιλει οτι δε εκ του κοϲμου ουκ εϲτε αλλ εγω εξελεξαμην υμαϲ εκ του κοϲμου · δια τουτο ο κοϲμοϲ μιϲει υμαϲ : 20μνημονευεται τον λογον ον ελαληϲα υμαϲιν ουκ εϲτι δουλοϲ μειζων του κυ αυτου : ει εμε εδιωξαν · και υμαϲ διωξουϲιν ˙ ει τον λογον μου ετηρηϲαν · και τον υμετερον τηρηϲωϲι · 21αλλα ταυτα παντα ποιηϲουϲιν δια το ονομα μου οτι ουκ οιδαϲιν τον πεμψαντα με : 22ει μη ηλθον και ελαληϲα αυτοιϲ · αμαρτιαν ουκ ειχοϲαν · νυν προφαϲιν ουκ εχουϲι περι τηϲ αμαρτιαϲ αυτων : 23ο εμε μειϲων · και τον πατερα μου μιϲει : 24ει τα εργα μη εποιηϲα εν αυτοιϲ · ἁ ουδιϲ αλλοϲ εποιηϲεν · αμαρτιαν ουκ ειχοϲαν ˙ νυν δε και εωρακαϲιν και μεμιϲηκαϲιν · και εμε και τον πατερα μου ·
Compare: Tischendorf 8th edition (1869)
17ταῦτα ἐντέλλομαι ὑμῖν, ἵνα ἀγαπᾶτε ἀλλήλους. 18Εἰ ὁ κόσμος ὑμᾶς μισεῖ, γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐμὲ πρῶτον μεμίσηκεν. 19εἰ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου ἦτε, ὁ κόσμος ἂν τὸ ἴδιον ἐφίλει· ὅτι δὲ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου οὐκ ἐστέ, ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ ἐξελεξάμην ὑμᾶς ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου, διὰ τοῦτο μισεῖ ὑμᾶς ὁ κόσμος. 20μνημονεύετε τοῦ λόγου οὗ ἐγὼ εἶπον ὑμῖν· οὐκ ἔστιν δοῦλος μείζων τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ. εἰ ἐμὲ ἐδίωξαν, καὶ ὑμᾶς διώξουσιν· εἰ τὸν λόγον μου ἐτήρησαν, καὶ τὸν ὑμέτερον τηρήσουσιν. 21ἀλλὰ ταῦτα πάντα ποιήσουσιν εἰς ὑμᾶς διὰ τὸ ὄνομά μου, ὅτι οὐκ οἴδασιν τὸν πέμψαντά με. 22εἰ μὴ ἦλθον καὶ ἐλάλησα αὐτοῖς, ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ εἴχοσαν· νῦν δὲ πρόφασιν οὐκ ἔχουσιν περὶ τῆς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν. 23ὁ ἐμὲ μισῶν καὶ τὸν πατέρα μου μισεῖ. 24εἰ τὰ ἔργα μὴ ἐποίησα ἐν αὐτοῖς ἃ οὐδεὶς ἄλλος ἐποίησεν, ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ εἴχοσαν· νῦν δὲ καὶ ἑωράκασιν καὶ μεμισήκασιν καὶ ἐμὲ καὶ τὸν πατέρα μου.
17These things I command you, that ye love one another. 18If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 19If 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. 20Remember 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. 21But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me. 22If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. 23He that hateth me hateth my Father also. 24If 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.
25αλλ ϊνα πληρωθη ο λογοϲ ο ε τω κοϲμω αυτω γεγραμμενοϲ · οτι εμιϲηϲαν με δωρεαν ˙ 26οταν ελθη ο παρακλητοϲ · ον εγω πεμψω ϋμιν παρα του πατροϲ · το πνα τηϲ αληθειαϲ · ο παρα του πατροϲ εκπορευεται · εκεινοϲ μαρτυρηϲει περι εμου ˙ 27και ϋμειϲ δε μαρτυριτε οτι απ αρχηϲ μετ εμου εϲτε ·
Compare: Tischendorf 8th edition (1869)
25ἀλλ’ ἵνα πληρωθῇ ὁ λόγος ὁ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ αὐτῶν γεγραμμένος ὅτι ἐμίσησάν με δωρεάν. 26ὅταν ἔλθῃ ὁ παράκλητος ὃν ἐγὼ πέμψω ὑμῖν παρὰ τοῦ πατρός, τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας ὃ παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκπορεύεται, ἐκεῖνος μαρτυρήσει περὶ ἐμοῦ· 27καὶ ὑμεῖς δὲ μαρτυρεῖτε, ὅτι ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς μετ’ ἐμοῦ ἐστε.
25But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. 26But 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: 27And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
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- Source text: Codex Sinaiticus folio + transcription (codexsinaiticus.org) + Tischendorf 8th edition (bolls.life) + KJV (bible-api.com) — view original
- Critical edition: Tischendorf 8th edition (1869) / Codex Sinaiticus transcription
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