John 15:16

A Conservative Version

Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and appointed you, so that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit may remain, so that anything whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, he may give you.

Cross References

John 15:19

If ye were of the world, the world would love its own, but because ye are not of the world (instead I chose you out of the world), because of this the world hates you.

Ephesians 2:10

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

Luke 6:13

And when it became day, he called his disciples, and chose twelve from them, whom he also named apostles:

Galatians 1:15

But when it pleased God who separated me from my mother's belly, and called me through his grace,

1 John 4:19

We love him, because he first loved us.

Acts 22:14

And he said, The God of our fathers appointed thee to know his will, and to see the Righteous man, and to hear a voice from his mouth,

2 Timothy 2:2

And what thou have heard from me through many witnesses, these things commit thou to faithful men who will be competent to teach others also.

John 13:18

I speak not about you all. I have seen whom I chose, but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He who eats bread with me lifted up his heel against me.

John 6:70

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

1 Peter 3:15

but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. And always be ready for a defense to every man who asks you a word about the hope in you, with mildness and fear.

Psalm 71:18

Yea, even when I am old and gray headed, O God, forsake me not, until I have declared thy strength to a generation, thy might to everyone who is to come.

1 John 4:10

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son, an atonement for our sins.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of a righteous man is a tree of life, and he who is wise wins souls.

Acts 1:24

And having prayed, they said, Thou, Lord, knowing the hearts of all men, show which one of these two thou have chosen

Isaiah 27:6

In days to come Jacob shall take root; Israel shall blossom and bud. And they shall fill the face of the world with fruit.

1 Peter 3:2

observing, in fear, your pure behavior.

Romans 15:4

For as many things as were written previously were written for our learning, so that through perseverance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.

Acts 9:15

But the Lord said to him, Go, because this man is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before Gentiles and kings, and sons of Israel.

Matthew 21:22

And all things, as many as ye may ask in prayer, believing, ye will receive.

Psalm 145:4

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

2 Timothy 1:11

for which I was appointed a herald, and an apostle, and a teacher of Gentiles.

1 Corinthians 10:11

Now all these things happened to those men for examples, and they were written for our admonition, to whom the ends of the ages came.

Romans 9:21

Or has the potter no right over the clay, from the same lump certainly to make this vessel for esteem, and that for disesteem?

James 3:18

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

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, because of which he was reported to be righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through it, he who died still speaks.

Titus 1:5

I left thee behind in Crete on account of this: That thou should set in order the things lacking, and appoint elders in every city as I commanded thee,

Colossians 1:6

being present for you, just as also in all the world. And it is bearing fruit and increasing, just as also among you from the day that ye heard and recognized the grace of God in truth.

Romans 1:5

through whom we received grace and apostleship for obedience of faith among all the nations on behalf of his name,

Acts 10:41

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

1 Timothy 2:7

For which I was appointed a herald and an apostle (I speak the truth in Christ, I do not lie), a teacher of Gentiles in faith and truth.

Colossians 1:23

If ye truly continue in the faith, founded, and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the good-news that ye heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I Paul became a helper.

Micah 5:7

And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as dew from LORD, as showers upon the grass, that tarry not for man, nor wait for the sons of men.

Genesis 18:18

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

Romans 1:13

But I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that I often intended to come to you (and was prevented until now), so that I might have some fruit also among you, even as among the other Gentiles.

Acts 1:8

But ye will receive the power of the Holy Spirit that comes upon you. And ye will be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and as far as of the extremity of the earth.

Matthew 7:7

Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and ye will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you.

John 15:5

I am the grapevine, ye are the branches. He who dwells in me, and I in him, this man bears much fruit, because without me ye can do nothing.