John 15:16

Modern English Version

You did not choose Me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that the Father may give you whatever you ask Him in My name.

Cross References

Genesis 18:18

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

Psalm 145:4

One generation shall commend Your works to another, and shall declare Your mighty acts.

Psalm 71:18

Now also when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me, until I declare Your might to this generation, and Your power to everyone who is to come.

Proverbs 11:30

As the fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, so he who wins souls is wise.

Isaiah 27:6

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

Micah 5:7

Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples, like dew from the Lord, like showers upon the grass, which do not wait for a man and do not linger for the sons of men.

Matthew 21:22

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

Matthew 7:7

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

Luke 6:13

When it was day, He called for His disciples, and of them He chose twelve, whom He named apostles:

John 13:18

“I do not speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen, but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with Me has lifted up his heel against Me.’

John 15:19

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

John 15:5

“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who remains in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit. For without Me you can do nothing.

John 6:70

Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the twelve, and yet one of you is a devil?”

Acts 1:24

Then they prayed, “You, Lord, who knows the hearts of all men, show which of these two You have chosen

Acts 1:8

But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 10:41

not to all the people, but to witnesses previously chosen by God, to us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.

Acts 22:14

“Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Just One and to hear His voice,

Acts 9:15

But the Lord said to him, “Go your way. For this man is a chosen vessel of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the Israelites.

Romans 1:13

Now I would not have you unaware, brothers, that I often intended to come to you (but was prevented until now), that I might have a harvest among you also, even as among the other Gentiles.

Romans 1:5

Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for the obedience of faith among all nations for His name,

Romans 15:4

For whatever was previously written was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Romans 9:21

Does the potter not have power over the clay to make from the same lump one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?

1 Corinthians 10:11

Now all these things happened to them for examples. They are written as an admonition to us, upon whom the end of the ages has come.

Galatians 1:15

But when it pleased God, who set me apart since I was in my mother’s womb and called me by His grace,

Ephesians 2:10

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

Colossians 1:23

if you continue in the faith, established and firm, and are not removed from the hope of the gospel, which you have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

Colossians 1:6

which has come to you, as it has in all the world, and brings forth fruit, as it has also in you, since the day you heard it and knew the grace of God in truth.

1 Timothy 2:7

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

2 Timothy 1:11

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

2 Timothy 2:2

Share the things that you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses with faithful men who will be able to teach others also.

Titus 1:5

For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I commanded you:

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain offered. Through this he was approved as righteous, with God testifying concerning his gifts. He still speaks through his faith, though he is dead.

James 3:18

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

1 Peter 3:15

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to every man who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you, with gentleness and fear.

1 Peter 3:2

as they see the purity and reverence of your lives.

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 Him because He first loved us.