John 15:16

It was not that you chose me, but I chose you, and have given you s'michah that you go and bear p'ri and the p'ri of you remain, that whatever you ask HaAv b'Shem of me (Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach), HaAv may give it to you.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15No longer do I call you avadim, because the eved does not have da'as of what his Adon is doing. But you I have called chaverim, because all things which I heard from HaAv of me, of all these things I gave you da'as. + 15:15 Ex 33:11

17I am giving you these mitzvot, that you have ahavah (agape) one for the other.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:18Seeing that Avraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and kol goyei ha'aretz (all the nations of the earth) shall be blessed in him?

Psalms 78:4We will not hide them from their banim, 1 recounting to the dor acharon 1 the tehillot Hashem, and His power, 1 and His nifla'ot (wonderful works) that He hath done. 1

Proverbs 11:30The p'ri tzedek is Etz Chayyim, 1 and he that winneth nefashot is chacham (wise). 1

Isaiah 49:1Listen, O iyim (islands), unto Me; + 49:1 Moshiach 1 and pay heed, ye nations afar off; 1 Hashem hath called Me from the beten (belly, womb), + 49:1 See Isa 7:14; Gn 3:15; Ps 22:9 f; Mic 5:1-2 1 from the inward parts of immi hath He remembered My Shem. 1

Jeremiah 1:5Before I formed thee in the beten 1 I knew thee; 1 and before thou camest forth out of the rechem 1 I set thee apart as kodesh, 1 and I ordained thee a navi unto the Goyim.

Zechariah 1:4Do not be like your avot, 1 unto whom the nevi'im harishonim preached, 1 saying: Thus saith Hashem Tzva'os: 1 Turn ye now from your evil ways, 1 and from your evil doings; 1 but they did not hear, 1 nor listen to Me, saith Hashem. 1

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 →

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