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Juan 15

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1 Ako ang tunay na puno ng ubas, at ang aking Ama ang magsasaka.

2 Ang bawa't sanga na sa akin ay hindi nagbubunga, ay inaalis niya: at ang bawa't sanga na nagbubunga ay nililinis niya, upang lalong magbunga.

3 Kayo'y malilinis na sa pamamagitan ng salita na sa inyo'y aking sinalita.

4 Kayo'y manatili sa akin, at ako'y sa inyo. Gaya ng sanga na di makapagbunga sa kaniyang sarili maliban na nakakabit sa puno; gayon din naman kayo, maliban na kayo'y manatili sa akin.

5 Ako ang puno ng ubas, kayo ang mga sanga: Ang nananatili sa akin, at ako'y sa kaniya, ay siyang nagbubunga ng marami: sapagka't kung kayo'y hiwalay sa akin ay wala kayong magagawa.

6 Kung ang sinoman ay hindi manatili sa akin, ay siya'y matatapong katulad ng sanga, at matutuyo; at mga titipunin at mga ihahagis sa apoy, at mangasusunog.

7 Kung kayo'y magsipanatili sa akin, at ang mga salita ko'y magsipanatili sa inyo, ay hingin ninyo ang anomang inyong ibigin, at gagawin sa inyo.

8 Sa ganito'y lumuluwalhati ang aking Ama, na kayo'y magsipagbunga ng marami; at gayon kayo'y magiging aking mga alagad.

9 Kung paanong inibig ako ng Ama, ay gayon din naman iniibig ko kayo: magsipanatili kayo sa aking pagibig.

10 Kung tinutupad ninyo ang aking mga utos, ay magsisipanahan kayo sa aking pagibig; gaya ng aking pagtupad sa mga utos ng aking Ama, at ako'y nananatili sa kaniyang pagibig.

11 Ang mga bagay na ito ay sinalita ko sa inyo, upang ang aking kagalakan ay mapasa inyo, at upang ang inyong kagalakan ay malubos.

12 Ito ang aking utos, na kayo'y mangagibigan sa isa't isa, na gaya ng pagibig ko sa inyo.

13 Walang may lalong dakilang pagibig kay sa rito, na ibigay ng isang tao ang kaniyang buhay dahil sa kaniyang mga kaibigan.

14 Kayo'y aking mga kaibigan, kung gawin ninyo ang mga bagay na aking iniuutos sa inyo.

15 Hindi ko na kayo tatawaging mga alipin; sapagka't hindi nalalaman ng alipin kung ano ang ginagawa ng kaniyang panginoon: nguni't tinatawag ko kayong mga kaibigan; sapagka't ang lahat ng mga bagay na narinig ko sa aking Ama ay mga ipinakilala ko sa inyo.

16 Ako'y hindi ninyo hinirang, nguni't kayo'y hinirang ko, at aking kayong inihalal, upang kayo'y magsiyaon at magsipagbunga, at upang manatili ang inyong bunga: upang ang anomang inyong hingin sa Ama sa aking pangalan, ay maibigay niya sa inyo.

17 Ang mga bagay na ito ay iniuutos ko sa inyo, upang kayo'y mangagibigan sa isa't isa.

18 Kung kayo'y kinapopootan ng sanglibutan, ay inyong talastas na ako muna ang kinapootan bago kayo.

19 Kung kayo'y taga sanglibutan, ay iibigin ng sanglibutan ang kaniyang sarili: nguni't sapagka't kayo'y hindi taga sanglibutan, kundi kayo'y hinirang ko sa sanglibutan, kaya napopoot sa inyo ang sanglibutan.

20 Alalahanin ninyo ang salitang sa inyo'y aking sinabi, Ang alipin ay hindi dakila kay sa kaniyang panginoon. Kung ako'y kanilang pinagusig, kayo man ay kanilang paguusigin din; kung tinupad nila ang aking salita, ang inyo man ay tutuparin din.

21 Datapuwa't ang lahat ng mga bagay na ito ay gagawin nila sa inyo dahil sa aking pangalan, sapagka't hindi nila nakikilala ang sa akin ay nagsugo.

22 Kung hindi sana ako naparito at nagsalita sa kanila, ay hindi sila magkakaroon ng kasalanan: datapuwa't ngayo'y wala na silang madadahilan sa kanilang kasalanan.

23 Ang napopoot sa akin ay napopoot din naman sa aking Ama.

24 Kung ako sana'y hindi gumawa sa gitna nila ng mga gawang hindi ginawa ng sinomang iba, ay hindi sana sila nangagkaroon ng kasalanan: datapuwa't ngayon ay kanilang nangakita at kinapootan nila ako at ang aking Ama.

25 Nguni't nangyari ito, upang matupad ang salitang nasusulat sa kanilang kautusan, Ako'y kinapootan nila na walang kadahilanan.

26 Datapuwa't pagparito ng Mangaaliw, na aking susuguin sa inyo mula sa Ama, sa makatuwid baga'y ang Espiritu ng katotohanan, na nagbubuhat sa Ama, ay siyang magpapatotoo sa akin:

27 At kayo naman ay magpapatotoo, sapagka't kayo'y nangakasama ko buhat pa nang una.

   

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Explanation of John 15

By Rev. John Clowes M.A.

Explaining the Inner Meaning of John 15

Verses 15:1, 2. That the Lord is the all of spiritual truth, cherished and enlivened by divine good, by virtue of which good, all who are principled in truth and not in good, are separated, or cast out, whilst all who are principled in good united with truth, are purified.

Verses 15:3, 4. For all spiritual purification comes from the union of divine good and divine truth, and since this union is complete in the Lord, therefore all, who are principled in truth, ought to seek reciprocal conjunction with him in the good of his love, otherwise they cannot attain good.

Verses 15:5, 6. But if they attain that conjunction, they then attain heavenly good, which they acknowledge to be derived from such conjunction, since without such conjunction they are deprived of all spiritual life, and associated with infernal societies, and become a prey to all the evil of craving, and thus perish in eternal death.

Verses 15:7, 8. Whereas if they have reciprocal conjunction with the Lord, through obedience to his commandments, they acquire omnipotence over all evil and false principles, and exalt the divine good in their wills, and the divine truth in their understandings.

Verses 15:9, 10. For as the divinity is united by love with the humanity which he assumed, so is the humanity united by love with all those, who obey the truth, and thus attain reciprocal conjunction with him, which conjunction is effected by obedience to the truth, in like manner as the reciprocal union of the divinity and humanity was effected by the obedience of the latter to the divine good.

Verses 15:11, 12. That thus it is the end of the divine commandments, to introduce man to a participation of divine blessedness, by filling all his natural delights and gratifications with corresponding spiritual joys, which end is accomplished by mutual love and charity derived from the divine love.

Verses 15:13, 14, 15. Which love and charity is perfected in proportion as a man renounces self-love, and prefers another's good to his own, since in so doing he attains to a state of spiritual freedom, whereas otherwise he is in a state of spiritual servitude, through ignorance of the divine loving-kindness, inasmuch as all true freedom is derived from heavenly knowledge.

Verses 15:16, 17. Nevertheless, that the power which man possesses of conjoining himself with the Lord by love, is not of himself, but of the Lord, who alone instructs man in truth, to the intent that he may live accordingly, and thus attain to heavenly good, and that this good may be operative in good works, and thereby put man in possession of all that he can desire, since all is comprehended in mutual love or charity.

Verses 15:18, 19. Yet that they, who have attained such love, through the acknowledgement of the divinity in the Lord's humanity, will be opposed and vilified, as the Lord himself was opposed and vilified, and for the same reason too, because their affections and thoughts are in contrariety to those of the worldly-minded.

Verses 15:20, 21. They are therefore to keep in mind, that if the divine love itself be opposed, and the divine truth itself rejected, they also will be opposed and rejected, who are only receivers of that love and truth, and for this reason, because the divinity in the Lord's humanity is not acknowledged.

Verses 15:22, 23, 24. That this non-acknowledgement of the divinity in the Lord's humanity is the source of all human disorder and condemnation, since whoever opposes the Lord's humanity, or divine truth, opposes at the same time his divinity, or divine good.

Verse 15:25. Thus fulfilling divine prediction.

Verses 15:26, 27. Nevertheless the operation of the Lord's humanity, when fully united with the divinity, will prove to every believer that he is the Only God by virtue of that union, and every true believer will also confirm this testimony, because he will perceive that all of regeneration from the first insemination of truth, is from that divine source.

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John 15

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1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

2 Every 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.

3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

4 Abide 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.

5 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.

6 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.

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

8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.

10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

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

15 Henceforth 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.

16 Ye 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.

17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.

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

19 If 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.

20 Remember 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.

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

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

23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

24 If 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.

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

26 But 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:

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