John 15:16

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John 15:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Have not

Ordained

Bring

That your

1 Peter 3:2

That whatsoever

General references

1 John 4:19

Bible References

Have not

If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have elected you out of the world, for this very cause the world hateth you.

Jesus answered them, Have I not chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?

I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me, hath lift up his heel against me.

And when it was day, he called his disciples to him; and elected from them twelve, whom he named Apostles:

And joining in prayer, they said, Do thou, O Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, point out the one of these two which thou hast chosen,

But the Lord said unto him, Go: for this man is an elect vessel for me, to bear my name before nations, and kings, and the children of Israel:

not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he was arisen from the dead.

And he said, The God of our fathers hath predestinated thee to know his will, and to see the Just One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

(though the children were not yet born, nor had done any thing good or evil, that according to the election of God the purpose might abide, not from works, but from him who called;)

Herein is love, not that we have loved God, but that he hath loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiatory sacrifice for our sins.

Ordained

Jesus therefore spake to them again, Peace be unto you: as the Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

When therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him, Yes, Lord! thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him, Feed my lambs.

Then Jesus approaching, spake to them, saying, All power is given me in heaven and upon earth.

And he said unto them, Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

and that repentance and remission of sin should be preached in his name unto all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses for me, both in Jerusalem, and throughout all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the extremity of the earth.

through whom we have received grace and apostolic mission among all nations for his name, to bring them to the obedience of faith:

But I have written to you, my brethren, in part, with greater freedom, as refreshing your memory through the grace which is given to me of God;

For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me, yea verily woe is to me if I preach not the gospel.

But when it pleased God, who selected me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,

for we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, for which God hath before prepared us, that we should walk therein.

if ye abide in faith grounded and firm, and never moved aside from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which hath been preached to the whole creation which is under heaven, of which I Paul am a minister.

of which I am ordained a preacher and apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not,) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

And the things which thou hast heard of me before many witnesses, these commit to faithful men, who shall be qualified to teach others also.

For this purpose I left thee behind me at Crete, that thou mightest direct the regulations which remained to be executed, and that thou shouldest appoint presbyters in every city, as I charged thee to do:

Bring

Herein is my Father glorified, that ye should bring forth much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

But I would not that ye should be unacquainted, brethren, that oftentimes I have been purposing to come to you (and have been prevented until now), that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the other Gentile nations.

that I should be the minister of Jesus Christ unto the Gentiles, ministering the Gospel of God; that the oblation of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

which is come unto you, as it is also unto all the world; and beareth fruit, as also among you, from the day that ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;

But the fruit of righteousness in peace is sown for those who are peacemakers.

That your

And now behold, I know that ye shall see my face no more, even ye all, among whom I have gone in and out preaching the kingdom of God.

For whatsoever things were written aforetime, were written for our instruction; that by patience and the consolation of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Now all these things happened unto them as examples, but they are written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages are come.

and that from a child thou hast known the sacred writings, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Jesus Christ.

By faith Abel offered unto God a sacrifice of more excellence than Cain, by which he received a testimony that he was a righteous man, God bearing witness upon his gifts: and by this, though dead, he still speaketh.

as obedient children, not conformed to the former passions of the days of your ignorance:

being eye-witnesses of your chaste behaviour with timidity.

That whatsoever

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done for you.

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

And in that hour ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, That whatsoever things ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give you.

And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

General references

We love him, because he first loved us.