John 15:16

MNT

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 you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, for that reason the world hates you.

In reply Jesus said to them. "Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? And yet even of you one is an enemy."

I do not speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen, but it is that the Scripture may be fulfilled, which says. "He who eats my bread has lifted up his heel against me.

And when day dawned he called his disciples, and from among them he selected twelve, whom also he called Apostles missionaries.

and they prayed, saying. "Thou, O Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, show clearly which of these two men thou hast chosen to fill the place

"Go," answered the Lord, "this man is chosen instrument of mine to bear my name before the nations and their kings, and before the Children of Israel also;

"not to all the people, but to witnesses??en previously chosen by God??hat is, to us, who ate and drank with him after he had risen from the dead;

"Then he said: "'The God of our forefathers has appointed you to know his will; and to see the righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

and even though they were still unborn, and had done nothing either good or bad, in order that the purpose of God might stand according to election, not of works, but of Him who called,

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins.

Ordained

Then Jesus said to them again. "Peace to you. As my Father has sent me forth, I also now am sending you."

When they were through breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these others do?" "Yes, Lord, you know that you are dear to me." he answered. Jesus said to him, "Feed my lambs."

And Jesus came forward to them and spoke to them, saying. "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

And he said to them. "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

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

"yet you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you are to be my witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the very ends of the earth."

It is through him, even Jesus Christ our Lord, that I received grace and apostleship to promote obedience to the faith among all the Gentiles, for his name's sake;

Still I have written unto you the more boldly, in part, by way of reminding you, because of that gift of grace which God bestowed upon me, in making me a priest of Jesus Christ unto the Gentiles.

Proclaiming the gospel gives me no ground of boasting; for necessity is laid upon me; woe is me if I preach not the gospel.

But when God who had set me apart from my very birth,

for we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for good deeds, which God predestined us to make our daily way of life.

And this he will do if, indeed, you continue in the faith, firmly founded and stedfast, and never moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, and which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, that gospel of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

It was for this testimony that I myself was appointed a herald and apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), to be a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

Of the gospel I was appointed a herald, apostle, and teacher; and that is the reason I am now undergoing these sufferings.

The teachings which you have heard from me, attested by many witnesses, deliver into the keeping of faithful men, who in their turn will be able to teach others also.

I left you in Crete for this reason, that you might set right the things left unfinished, and appoint presbyters in every city as I had instructed you;

Bring

"By this is my Father glorified, by your bearing abundant fruit, and so being my disciples.

I want you to know, brothers, that many a time I have planned to come to you??hough until now I have been hindered??o as to have some harvest-fruit among you also, even as I have among the rest of the Gentiles.

I act as priest of the gospel of God; so that the Gentiles, when offered before him, may be an acceptable sacrifice, because consecrated by the Holy Spirit.

I planted, Apollos watered, but God made the seed grow.

And just as it is spreading through the whole world, bearing fruit and increasing, so also is it among you, from the day in which you heard it, and came truly to know the grace of God,

And the fruit of righteousness is being sown in peace by those who are working peace.

That your

And now I know that not one of you among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, will ever see my face again.

For everything that was written of old has been written for our instruction, that through patience, and through the comfort of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

Now these things were happening to them typically, but were written down for our admonition who stand at the meeting of the ages.

and how from a child you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

By faith Abel offered to God a sacrifice more acceptable than that of Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God giving the testimony by accepting his gifts; and through it he, although he is dead, still speaks.

Like obedient children, do not fashion yourselves according to the former passions of your days of ignorance,

when they see how pure and reverent you are.

That whatsoever

"If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask whatever your will is, and it shall be yours.

"And whatever' you ask in my name I will do; that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

And in that day you will ask me no questions. "Most solemnly I tell you that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.

"and everything that you ask for in your prayers you shall have, if you believe."

General references

We love because He loved us first.