John 15:16

14 You are My friends if you do what I command you.

15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.

You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

17 This is My command to you: Love one another.

18 If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
KJV
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.
WEB
You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
ASV
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.
DARBY
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and have set you that ye should go and [that] ye should bear fruit, and [that] your fruit should abide, that whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he may give you.
BLB
You⁺ did not choose Me, but I chose you⁺, and I appointed you⁺ so that you⁺ should go and bear fruit, and [that] your⁺ fruit should remain, so that whatever you⁺ might ask the Father in My name, He may give you⁺.
ÅB
Dere har ikke utvalgt meg, men jeg har utvalgt dere, og jeg har satt dere til å gå ut og bære frukt, frukt som varer, for at Faren skal gi dere alt det dere ber ham om i mitt navn.
OTB
Dere valgte ikke meg, men jeg valgte dere og satte dere til å gå og bære frukt—frukt som skal vare—slik at hva dere enn ber Faderen om i mitt navn, skal han gi dere.
B1930
I har ikke utvalgt mig, men jeg har utvalgt eder, og jeg har satt eder til å gå ut og bære frukt, frukt som varer, forat Faderen skal gi eder alt det I beder ham om i mitt navn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 1:5–7

    “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

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  • John 15:19

    If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.

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  • Ephesians 2:10

    For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

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  • 2 Timothy 3:15–17

    From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

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  • 1 John 4:19

    We love because He first loved us.

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  • Galatians 1:15

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

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  • Luke 6:13

    When daylight came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also designated as apostles:

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  • Acts 22:14

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

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