Verse 16

John 15:16

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

16 You have not chosen me: but I have chosen you; and have appointed you, that you should go, and should bring forth fruit; and your fruit should remain: that whatsoever you shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Original Language Text
greek
οὐχ ὑμεῖς με ἐξελέξασθε, ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ ἐξελεξάμην ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἔθηκα ὑμᾶς ἵνα ὑμεῖς ὑπάγητε καὶ καρπὸν φέρητε καὶ ὁ καρπὸς ὑμῶν μένῃ, ἵνα ὅ τι ἂν αἰτήσητε τὸν πατέρα ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου δῷ ὑμῖν.
English Translation
You did not choose me, but I chose you, and I appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give you.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 15 Context
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12 This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you. Focus ↗
13 Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Focus ↗
14 You are my friends, if you do the things that I command you. Focus ↗
15 I will not now call you servants: for the servant knoweth not what his lord doth. But I have called... Focus ↗
16 You have not chosen me: but I have chosen you; and have appointed you, that you should go, and shoul...
17 These things I command you, that you love one another. Focus ↗
18 If the world hate you, know ye, that it hath hated me before you. Focus ↗
19 If you had been of the world, the world would love its own: but because you are not of the world, bu... Focus ↗
20 Remember my word that I said to you: The servant is not greater than his master. If they have persec... Focus ↗
21 But all these things they will do to you for my name's sake: because they know not him who sent me. Focus ↗
22 If I had not come, and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have no excuse for thei... Focus ↗
23 He that hateth me, hateth my Father also. Focus ↗
24 If I had not done among them the works that no other man hath done, they would not have sin; but now... Focus ↗
25 But that the word may be fulfilled which is written in their law: They hated me without cause. Focus ↗
26 But when the Paraclete cometh, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who procee... Focus ↗
27 And you shall give testimony, because you are with me from the beginning. Focus ↗