John 15:16

Weymouth NT

It is not you who chose me, but it is I who chose you and appointed you that you might go and be fruitful and that your fruit might remain; so that whatever petition you present to the Father in my name He may give you.

Cross References

Matthew 21:22

and everything, whatever it be, that you ask for in your prayers, if you have faith, you shall obtain.«

Matthew 7:7

»Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.«

Luke 6:13

When it was day, He called His disciples; and He selected from among them twelve, whom He also named Apostles.

John 13:18

I am not speaking of all of you. I know whom I have chosen, but things are as they are in order that the Scripture may be fulfilled, which says, `He who eats my bread has lifted up his heel against me.'

John 15:19

If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own property. But because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world–for that reason the world hates you.

John 15:5

I am the Vine, you are the branches. He who continues in me and in whom I continue bears abundant fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

John 6:70

»Did not I choose you–the Twelve?« said Jesus, »and even of you one is a devil.«

Acts 1:24

And the brethren prayed, saying, »Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all, show clearly which of these two Thou hast chosen

Acts 1:8

and yet you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judaea and Samaria and to the remotest parts of the earth.«

Acts 10:41

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

Acts 22:14

Then he said, `The God of our forefathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the righteous One and hear Him speak.

Acts 9:15

»Go,« replied the Lord; »he is a chosen instrument of Mine to carry My name to the Gentiles and to kings and to the descendants of Israel.

Romans 1:13

And I desire you to know, brethren, that I have many a time intended to come to you –though until now I have been disappointed– in order that among you also I might gather some fruit from my labours, as I have already done among the rest of the Gentile nations.

Romans 1:5

through whom we have received grace and Apostleship in His service in order to win men to obedience to the faith, among all Gentile peoples,

Romans 15:4

For all that was written of old has been written for our instruction, so that we may always have hope through the power of endurance and the encouragement which the Scriptures afford.

Romans 9:21

Or has not the potter rightful power over the clay to make out of the same lump one vessel for more honourable and another for less honourable uses?

1 Corinthians 10:11

All this kept happening to them with a figurative meaning; but it was put on record by way of admonition to us upon whom the ends of the Ages have come.

Galatians 1:15

But when He who set me apart even from my birth, and called me by His grace,

Ephesians 2:10

For we are God's own handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for good works which He has pre-destined us to practise.

Colossians 1:23

if, indeed, you are still firmly holding to faith as your foundation, without ever shifting from your hope that rests on the Good News that you have heard, which has been proclaimed in the whole creation under Heaven, and in which I Paul have been appointed to serve.

Colossians 1:6

For it has reached you, and remains with you, just as it has also spread through the whole world, yielding fruit there and increasing, as it has done among you from the day when first you heard it and came really to know the grace of God,

1 Timothy 2:7

and of which I have been appointed a herald and an Apostle (I am speaking the truth: it is not a fiction), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

2 Timothy 1:11

of which I have been appointed a preacher, Apostle and teacher, to the Gentiles.

2 Timothy 2:2

All that you have been taught by me in the hearing of many witnesses, you must hand on to trusty men who shall themselves, in turn, be competent to instruct others also.

Titus 1:5

I have left you behind in Crete in order that you may set right the things which still require attention, and appoint Elders in every town, as I directed you to do;

Hebrews 11:4

Through faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain did, and through this faith he obtained testimony that he was righteous, God giving the testimony by accepting his gifts; and through it, though he is dead, he still speaks.

James 3:18

And peace, for those who strive for peace, is the seed of which the harvest is righteousness.

1 Peter 3:15

but in your hearts consecrate Christ as Lord, being always ready to make your defence to any one who asks from you a reason for the hope which you cherish.

1 Peter 3:2

so full of reverence, and so blameless!

1 John 4:10

This is love indeed–we did not love God, but He loved us and sent His Son to be an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

1 John 4:19

We love because God first loved us.