John 15:16 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁶ You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

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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 bless themselves by him?

Psalm 145:4

One generation shall laud thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

Psalm 71:18

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

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but lawlessness takes away lives.

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 shall be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers upon the grass, which tarry not for men nor wait for the sons of men.

Matthew 21:22

And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

Matthew 7:7

“Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Luke 6:13

And when it was day, he called his disciples, and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles;

John 13:18

I am not speaking of you all; I know whom I have chosen; it is that the scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’

John 15:19

If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

John 15:5

I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

John 6:70

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

Acts 1:24

And they prayed and said, “Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, show which one of these two thou hast chosen

Acts 1:8

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

Acts 10:41

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

Acts 22:14

And he said, ‘The God of our fathers appointed you to know his will, to see the Just One and to hear a voice from his mouth;

Acts 9:15

But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;

Romans 1:13

I want you to know, brethren, 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 well as among the rest of the Gentiles.

Romans 1:5

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

Romans 15:4

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, 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 vessel for beauty and another for menial use?

1 Corinthians 10:11

Now these things happened to them as a warning, but they were written down for our instruction, upon whom the end of the ages has come.

Galatians 1:15

But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and had called me through his grace,

Ephesians 2:10

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Colossians 1:23

provided that you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which has been preached to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.

Colossians 1:6

which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and growing—so among yourselves, from the day you heard and understood the grace of God in truth,

1 Timothy 2:7

For this I was appointed a preacher and 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 preacher and apostle and teacher,

2 Timothy 2:2

and what you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.

Titus 1:5

This is why I left you in Crete, that you might amend what was defective, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you,

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he received approval as righteous, God bearing witness by accepting his gifts; he died, but through his faith he is still speaking.

James 3:18

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

1 Peter 3:15

but in your hearts reverence Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to make a defense to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverence;

1 Peter 3:2

when they see your reverent and chaste behavior.

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 expiation for our sins.

1 John 4:19

We love, because he first loved us.