John 15:16

Jesus reminds the disciples that He chose and appointed them to bear lasting fruit and to receive answered prayer in His name. Their fruitfulness rests on His prior choice.

Cross-references · 40

• Jer 1:5–7“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
• John 15:19If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
• Eph 2:10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
• 2 Tim 3:15–17From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
• 1 Jn 4:19We love because He first loved us.
• Gal 1:15But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased
• Luke 6:13When daylight came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also designated as apostles:
• Acts 22:14Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear His voice.
• 1 Pet 1:14–21As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
• John 13:18I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
• 2 Tim 2:2And the things that you have heard me say among many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be qualified to teach others as well.
• 1 Pet 3:15But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and respect,
• John 6:70Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”
• John 16:23–24In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
• Isa 49:1–3Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.
• Matt 28:18–19Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
• Ps 71:18Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
• John 14:13–14And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
• Prov 11:30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
• Ps 78:4–6We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed.
• 1 Cor 9:16–18Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
• 1 Jn 4:10And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
• John 21:15–17When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”
• John 15:7–8If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
• Mark 16:15–16And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
• Acts 1:24And they prayed, “Lord, You know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two You have chosen
• 1 Pet 3:2when they see your pure and reverent demeanor.
• Ps 145:4One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—
• Isa 27:6In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
• Isa 55:10–13For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
• Matt 21:22If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
• Acts 9:15“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.
• Rom 15:4For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
• Luke 24:47–49and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
• John 20:21–23Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”
• Col 1:6that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.
• 1 Cor 10:11Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
• Rom 9:21Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?
• 1 Cor 3:6–7I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
• 2 Tim 1:11to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.

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