John 15

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John 15 is a chapter in the Gospel of John in the New Testament, best known for Jesus’ teaching about the vine and the branches and his command to “love one another.”

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Label Occurrences
Gospel of John chapter 15 1
John 15 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chapter of the Bible
chapter of the Gospel of John
addressesAudience Jesus’ disciples
canonicalStatus recognized in all major Christian traditions
containsCommand abide in me
keep my commandments
love one another
containsMetaphor God the Father as the vinedresser
Jesus as the true vine
disciples as branches
containsSaying Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends
I am the true vine
I am the vine, you are the branches
containsTeaching allegory of the vine and the branches
emphasizesRelationship Jesus and his disciples
linked to: Jesus

disciples and one another
disciples and the world
followedBy John 16
follows John 14
frequentlyQuotedFor command to love one another
genre gospel narrative
influentialIn Christian ethics of love
Christian theology of discipleship
keyTheme abiding in Christ
fruitfulness
hatred of the world
love
mutual indwelling of Christ and believers
obedience
witness of the Spirit
languageOfComposition Koine Greek
literaryContext Farewell Discourse of Jesus
linked to: Farewell Discourse
literaryForm discourse
metaphorical teaching
locatedIn canonical Gospel of John
mentionsEntity Father
Holy Spirit
linked to: God the Holy Spirit

world
partOf Christian Bible
linked to: Bible

Gospel of John
New Testament
positionInWork 15
primarySpeaker Jesus
setting before the crucifixion of Jesus
teachesConcept bearing much fruit
pruning of fruitful branches
removal of fruitless branches
traditionallyAttributedAuthor John the Apostle
linked to: Apostle John

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Farewell Discourse hasPart John 15
New Testament "I am" sayings of Jesus keySource Gospel of John chapter 15
linked to: John 15