John 15:16
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.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
17These things I command you, so that ye may love each other.
Cross References
Genesis 18:18since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
Psalms 78:4We will not hide them from their sons, telling to the generation to come the praises of LORD, and his strength, and his wondrous works that he has done.
Proverbs 11:30The fruit of a righteous man is a tree of life, and he who is wise wins souls.
Isaiah 49:1Listen, O isles, to me, and hearken, ye peoples from far. LORD has called me from the womb. From the bowels of my mother he has made mention of my name.
Jeremiah 1:5Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou came forth out of the womb I sanctified thee. I have appointed thee a prophet to the nations.
Zechariah 1:4Be ye not as your fathers, to whom the former prophets cried, saying, Thus says LORD of hosts: Return ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings, but they did not hear, nor hearken to me, says LORD.
Matthew Henry on John 15:10-18
Christ's Love to His Disciples. 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 Ye are my… Read the whole commentary →