SECT. X. сн. 15. eth in me, and in whom I abide, produceth much 6 fruit for severed from me ye can do nothing. If any man adhere not to me, he is cast forth like the withered branches which are gathered for few7 el, and burnt. If ye abide by me, and my words abide in you, ye may ask what ye will, and it shall be granted you. 8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye produce 9 much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. As the Father loveth me, so love I you: continue in my 10 love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall con tinue in my love; as I have kept my Father's com. 11 mandments, and continue in his love. I give you these admonitions, that I may continue to have joy 12 in you, and that your joy may be complete: this is my commandment, that love one another, as I ye ch. 13; 34. Eph. 5; 2. 1 Th. 4; 9. 13 love you. Greater love hath not any man than 14 this, to lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatever I command you. 15 Henceforth I call not you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his master will do; but I name you friends for whatever I have learnt from my 16 Father, I impart unto you. It is not you who have Mar. 3; 13. chosen me; but it is I who have chosen you, and ordained you to go and bear fruit, fruit which will prove permanent, that the Father may give you whatsoever ye shall ask him in my name. Lu. 6; 13. & 4; 7. 17. This I command you, that ye love one another. 1 Jo. 3; 11. 18 If the world hate you, consider that it hated me 19 before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love its own. But because ye are not CH. 16. Lu. 6; 40. ch, 13; 16. SECT. X of the world, I having selected you from the world; Mat. 10:24. 20 the world hateth you. Remember what I said to you, 'The servant is not greater than his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have observed my word, they 21 will also observe yours. But all this treatment they will give you, on my account, because they know 22 not him who sent me. If I had not come and spo. Lu. 24; 49. ken unto them, they had not had sin; but now 23 they have no excuse for their sin. He that hateth 24 me, hateth my Father also. If I had not done among them such works as none other ever did, they had not had sin; but now they have seen Ps. 35; 19. 25 them, and yet hated both me and my Father. Thus they verify that passage in their law, “They hated 26" me without cause." But when the Monitor is come, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth who proceedeth from the Father, 27 he will testify concerning me. And ye also will testify, because ye have been with me from the beginning. XVI. These things I tell you, that ye may not be ensnared. They will expel you the synagogue; nay, the time is coming, when whosoever killeth you, 3 will think he offereth sacrifice to God. And these things they will do because they know not the Fa4 ther nor me. These things I now warn you of, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I mentioned them to you. I did not indeed mention them at the beginning, because I was with 5 you myself. And now that I go to him who sent SECT. X. сн. 16. 6 me, none of you asketh me, 'Whither goest thou?' But because of those things which I have foretold you, ye are overwhelmed with grief. 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; it is for your good that I depart; for if I do not depart, the Monitor will not come to you; but if I go away, I 8 will send him to you. And when he is come, he will convince the world concerning sin, and concerning righteousness, and concerning judgment: 9 concerning sin, because they believe not on me; 10 concerning righteousness, because I go to my Fa11 ther, and ye see me no longer; concerning judg ment, because the prince of this world is judged. 12 I have many things still to tell you, but ye can13 not yet bear them. But when the Spirit of Truth is come, he will conduct you into all the truth: for his words will not proceed from himself: but whatsoever he shall have heard, he will speak, and 14 show you things to come. He will glorify me: for he will receive of mine what he shall communicate 15 to you. Whatsoever is the Father's is mine; therefore I say that he will receive of mine to communicate to you. 16. Within a little while ye shall not see me; a little while after ye shall see me; because I go to the 17 Father. Some of his disciples said among themselves, What meaneth he by this, "Within a little while 66 ye shall not see me; a little while after ye shall 18 see me because I go to the Father?" What meaneth this little while of which he speaketh? We 19 do not comprehend it. Jesus perceiving that they ch. 14; 13. сп. 16. SECT. X. were desirous to ask him, said to them, Do ye inquire amongst yourselves about this that I said, "Within a little while ye shall not see me; a little 20" while after ye shall see me?" Verily verily I say unto you, ye will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice: ye will be sorrowful; but your 21 sorrow shall be turned into joy. A woman in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come. But when her son is born, she remembereth her anguish no longer, for joy that she hath brought a 22 man into the world. So ye at present are in grief; but I will visit you again, and your hearts shall be 23 joyful, and none shall rob you of your joy. On that day ye will put no questions to me. Verily verily I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall ask the 24 Father in my name, he will give you. Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name; ask and ye shall receive, that your joy may be complete. 25 These things I have spoken to you in figures: the time approacheth when I shall no more discourse to you in figures, but instruct you plainly 26 concerning the Father. Then ye will ask in my name, and I say not that I will entreat the Fa27 ther for you: for the Father himself loveth you, because ye love me, and believe that I came from 28 God. From the presence of the Father I came in to the world. Again I leave the world, and return 29 to the Father. His disciples replied, Now indeed thou speakest plainly, and without a figure. Now we are convinced that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any should put questions to 1 SECT. X. сн. 17. thee. By this we believe that thou camest forth 31 from God. Jesus answered them, Do ye now be- Mat. 26; 31. 32 lieve? Behold the time cometh, or rather is come, when ye shall disperse, every one to his own, and shall leave me alone; yet I am not alone, because 33 the Father is with me. These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation. But take courage! I have overcome the world. Mar. 14; 27. XVII. WHEN Jesus had ended this discourse, he said, lifting up his eyes to heaven, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may 2 glorify thee; that being endowed by thee with au- Mat. 28; 18. thority over all men, he may bestow eternal life on all 3 those whom thou hast given him. Now this is the life eternal, to know thee the only true God, and 4 Jesus the Messiah thy apostle. I have glorified thee upon the earth; I have finished the work which 5 thou gavest me to do. And now, Father, glorify 6 thou me in thine own presence with that glory I have made known thy name to the men whom thou hast given me out of the world. They were thine; and thou gavest them me; and they have 7 kept thy word. Whatsoever thou hast given me, 8 they now know to have come from thee; and that thou hast imparted unto me the doctrine which I have imparted unto them. They have received it ch. 16; 27. [as such], knowing for certain, that I came forth 9 from thee, and am commissioned by thee. It is |