John 15:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ You did not choose me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed you [I have planted you], that you might go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit may be lasting [that it may remain, abide], so that whatever you ask the Father in My Name [as presenting all that I AM], He may give it to you.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you could go and produce fruit and so that your fruit could last. As a result, whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you. And I have appointed you, so that you may go forth and bear fruit, and so that your fruit may last. Then whatever you have asked of the Father in my name, he shall give to you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ You have not chosen me: but I have chosen you; and have appointed you, that you should go, and should bring forth fruit; and your fruit should remain: that whatsoever you shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

John 15:16 Cross References

Genesis 18:18

seeing that Abraham shall become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

Psalm 145:4

One generation shall extol your works to another and shall declare your mighty acts.

Psalm 71:18

So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to all the generations to come. Your power

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the wise capture souls.

Isaiah 27:6

In days to come Jacob shall take root; Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit.

Micah 5:7

Then the remnant of Jacob, surrounded by many peoples, shall be like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which do not depend upon people or wait for any mortal.

Matthew 21:22

Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive.”

Matthew 7:7

“Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

Luke 6:13

And when day came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles:

John 13:18

I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But it is to fulfill the scripture, ‘The one who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’

John 15:19

If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

John 15:5

I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.

John 6:70

Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.”

Acts 1:24

Then they prayed and said, “Lord, you know everyone’s heart. Show us which one of these two you have chosen

Acts 1:8

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 10:41

not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

Acts 22:14

Then he said, ‘The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear his own voice,

Acts 9:15

But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is an instrument whom I have chosen to bring my name before gentiles and kings and before the people of Israel;

Romans 1:13

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you, as I have among the rest of the gentiles.

Romans 1:5

through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the gentiles for the sake of his name,

Romans 15:4

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, so that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.

Romans 9:21

Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one object for special use and another for ordinary use?

1 Corinthians 10:11

These things happened to them to serve as an example, and they were written down to instruct us, on whom the ends of the ages have come.

Galatians 1:15

But when the one who had set me apart before I was born and called me through his grace was pleased

Ephesians 2:10

For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we may walk in them.

Colossians 1:23

provided that you continue securely established and steadfast in the faith, without shifting from the hope promised by the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven. I, Paul, became a minister of this gospel.

Colossians 1:6

that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and growing in the whole world, so it has been bearing fruit among yourselves from the day you heard it and truly comprehended the grace of God.

1 Timothy 2:7

For this I was appointed a herald and an apostle (I am telling the truth; I am not lying), a teacher of the gentiles in faith and truth.

2 Timothy 1:11

For this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher,

2 Timothy 2:2

and what you have heard from me through many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will be able to teach others as well.

Titus 1:5

I left you behind in Crete for this reason, so that you should put in order what remained to be done and should appoint elders in every town, as I directed you:

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain’s. Through this he received approval as righteous, God himself giving approval to his gifts; he died, but through his faith he still speaks.

James 3:18

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

1 Peter 3:15

but in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be ready to make your defense to anyone who demands from you an accounting for the hope that is in you,

1 Peter 3:2

when they see the purity and respect of your conduct.

1 John 4:10

In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

1 John 4:19

We love because he first loved us.