Section XLVI

Section XLVI.

[1]Whosoever hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will shew myself unto him. [2]Judas (not Iscariot) said unto him, My Lord, what is the purpose of thy intention to shew thyself to us, and not to the world? [3]Jesus answered and said unto him, Whosoever loveth me will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and to him will we come, and make our[4] abode with him. [5]But he that loveth me not keepeth not my word: and this word that ye hear is not my word, but the Father’s which sent me.

[5, 6] [6]This have I spoken unto you, while I was yet with you. [7]But the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, whom my Father will send in my name, he will teach you everything, and [Arabic, p. 174] he will bring to your remembrance all that I say unto you. [8]Peace I leave you; my peace I give unto you: and not as this world giveth, give I unto you. [9]Let your heart not be troubled,[10] nor fearful. Ye heard that I said unto you, that I go away, and come unto you. If[11] ye loved me, ye would rejoice, that I go away to my Father: for my Father is greater than I. [12]And now I say unto you before it come to pass, that, when it cometh to pass, ye may believe me. [13]Now I will not speak with you much: the Archon of the world will come, and he will have nothing in me: [14]but that the world may know that I love my Father, and as my Father charged me, so I do.

[15]And he said unto them, When I sent you without purses, or wallets, and shoes,[16] lacked ye perchance anything? They said unto him, Nothing. [17]He said unto them, Henceforth, whosoever hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise the wallet also: and whosoever hath not a sword, shall sell his garment, and buy for himself a sword. [18]I say unto you, that this scripture also must be fulfilled in me, that I should be reckoned[19] with the transgressors: for all that is said of me is fulfilled in me. [20]His disciples said unto him, Our Lord, lo, here are two swords. He said unto them, They are sufficient. [21]Arise, let us go hence. And they arose, and praised, and went forth, and went, according to their custom, to the mount of Olives, he and his disciples.

[22]And he said unto them, I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. [23]Every branch that produceth not fruit in me, he taketh it: and that which giveth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may give much fruit. [24]Ye are already clean because of the word that I have spoken unto you. [25]Abide in me, and I in you. And as the branch of the [Arabic, p. 175] vine cannot produce fruit of itself, if it be not abiding in the vine; so too ye also, if ye abide not in me. [26]I am the vine, and ye are the branches: He then that abideth in me, and I in him, he giveth much fruit: for without me ye cannot do anything. [27]And if a man abide not in me, he is cast without, like a withered branch; and it is gathered, and cast[28] into the fire, that it may be burned. [29]If ye abide in me, and my word abide in you, everything that ye desire to ask shall be done unto you. [30]And herein is the Father glorified, that ye may give much fruit; and ye shall be my disciples. [31]And as my Father loved me, I loved you also: abide in my love. [32]If ye keep my commands, ye shall abide in my love; as I have kept my Father’s commands, and abode in his love. [33]I have spoken that unto you, that my joy[34] may be in you, and your joy[34] be fulfilled. [35]This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I loved you. [36]And no love is greater than this, namely, that a man should give his life for his friends. [37]Ye are my friends, if ye do all that I command you. [38]I call you not now servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: my friends have I now called you; for everything that I heard from my Father I have made known unto you. [39]Ye did not choose[40] me, but I chose I you, and appointed you, that ye also should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should[41] abide; and that all that ye shall ask my Father in my name, he may[41] give you. [42]This I command[43] you, that ye love one another. [44]And if the world hate you, know that before you it hated me. [45]If then ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but ye are not of the world: I chose you out of the world: therefore the world [Arabic, p. 176] hateth you. [46]Remember the word that I said unto you, that no servant is greater than his lord. And if they persecuted[47] me, you also will they persecute;[47] and if they kept my word, your word also will they keep. [48]But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, for they have not known[49] him that sent me. [50]And if I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sins. [51]Whosoever hateth me, also hateth my Father. [52]And if I had not done the deeds before them that no other man did, they would not have had sin: but now they have seen and hated me and my Father also: that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, [53]They hated me for nothing. [54]But when the Paraclete is come, whom I will send unto you from my Father, even the Spirit of truth, which goeth forth from my Father, he shall bear witness of me: [55]and ye also bear witness, because from the beginning ye have been with me.

[44, 45] [56]I have said that unto you, that ye may not stumble.[57][58]And they shall put you out of their synagogues: and there cometh an[59] hour when every one that killeth you shall think that he hath offered unto God an offering. [60]And they will do that, because they do not know me, nor my Father. [61]I have said that unto you, so that when its time is come, ye may remember it, that I told you. [62]And this hitherto I said not unto you, because I was with you. But[63] now I go unto him that sent me; and no man of you asketh me whither I go. [64]I have said that unto you now, and grief hath come and taken possession of your hearts [65]But I say the truth unto you; It is better[66] for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Paraclete will not come unto you; [Arabic, p. 177] but if I go away, I will send him unto you. [67]And when he cometh, he will reprove the world for sin, and for righteousness, and for judgement: [52, 53] for sin, [68]because they have not believed in me; [69]and for righteousness, because I go to my Father; [70]and for judgement, because[71] the Archon of this world hath been judged. [72]And further have I many things to speak unto you, but ye cannot tarry[73] now. [74]Howbeit[75] when the Spirit of truth is come, he will remind[76] you of all the truth: he will say nothing from himself; but everything that he heareth, that shall he say: and he shall make known unto you the things that are to be. [77]And he shall glorify me; for from me shall he take and shew you. [78]All that my Father hath is mine: therefore said I unto you, that he taketh[79] of mine, and shall shew[79] you.