Verse
John 15:16 — Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that…
“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.”
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The verses around John 15:16.
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.
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.
Verse explanation
Reverses the common expectation: the disciples did not choose to follow Jesus on their own initiative, it was He who chose them and appointed them to bear lasting fruit.
From the John 15 study in Bible in Stories.
John 15:16 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
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.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Não me escolhestes vós a mim, porém eu vos escolhi a vós, e vos constitui, para que vades e deis fructo, e o vosso fructo permaneça; para que tudo quanto em meu nome pedirdes ao Pae elle vol-o conceda.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Não [fostes] vós [que] me escolhestes, porém eu vos escolhi, e tenho vos posto para que vades, e deis fruto, e vosso fruto permaneça; para que tudo quanto pedirdes ao Pai em meu nome, ele vos dê.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Ustedes no me eligieron a mí, yo los elegí a ustedes. Yo les he dado a ustedes la responsabilidad de ir y producir fruto duradero. Entonces el Padre les dará todo lo que pidan en mi nombre.
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In other languages: Português (João 15:16) · Español (Juan 15:16)
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