11 translations · Greek
John 15:16
You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
John 15:16 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
- KJV 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- You did not choose Me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you might go away, and might bear fruit, and your fruit might remain, that whatever you may ask of the Father in My Name, He may give you.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- You didn't choose me, I chose you. I have given you the responsibility to go and produce lasting fruit. So the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 'Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and did appoint you, that ye might go away, and might bear fruit, and your fruit might remain, that whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, He may give you.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and have set you that ye should go and [that] ye should bear fruit, and [that] your fruit should abide, that whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he may give you.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- 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 whatever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- 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.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| οὐχ | ouch | {did} not | G3756 οὐ no |
| ὑμεῖς | hymeis | You | G4771 σύ you |
| με | me | Me | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| ἐξελέξασθε | exelexasthe | choose | G1586 ἐκλέγω to select |
| ἀλλ’ | all’ | but | G235 ἀλλά but |
| ἐγὼ | egō | I | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| ἐξελεξάμην | exelexamēn | chose | G1586 ἐκλέγω to select |
| ὑμᾶς | hymas | you | G4771 σύ you |
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 καί and |
| ἔθηκα | ethēka | I appointed | G5087 τίθημι to place |
| ὑμᾶς | hymas | you | G4771 σύ you |
| ἵνα | hina | to | G2443 ἵνα in order that/to |
| ὑμεῖς | hymeis | — | G4771 σύ you |
| ὑπάγητε | hypagēte | go | G5217 ὑπάγω to go |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| καρπὸν | karpon | fruit | G2590 καρπός fruit |
| φέρητε | pherēte | bear | G5342 φέρω to bear/lead |
| καὶ | kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| ὁ | ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| καρπὸς | karpos | fruit | G2590 καρπός fruit |
| ὑμῶν | hymōn | — | G4771 σύ you |
| μένῃ | menē | that will remain | G3306 μένω to stay |
| ἵνα | hina | so that | G2443 ἵνα in order that/to |
| ὅ¦τι | ho¦ti | whatever | G3754 ὅτι that/since: that |
| ἂν | an | — | G302 ἄν if |
| αἰτήσητε | aitēsēte | you ask | G154 αἰτέω to ask |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Πατέρα | Patera | Father | G3962 πατήρ father |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| τῷ | tō | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ὀνόματί | onomati | name | G3686 ὄνομα name |
| μου | mou | My | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| δῷ | dō | He will give | G1325 δίδωμι to give |
| ὑμῖν | hymin | you | G4771 σύ you |
Related verses
- Jeremiah 1:5–7
“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.” Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.” But Yahweh said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I am a child;’ for you must go to whomever I send you, and you must say whatever I command you.
- John 15:19
If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
- Ephesians 2:10
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
- 2 Timothy 3:15–17
From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus. Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
- 1 John 4:19
We love him, because he first loved us.
- Galatians 1:15
But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me through his grace,
- Luke 6:13
When it was day, he called his disciples, and from them he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles:
- Acts 22:14
He said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.
- 1 Peter 1:14–21
as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance, but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior; because it is written, “You shall be holy; for I am holy.” …
- 2 Timothy 2:2
The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
14 You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.
15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
16 You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
17 “I command these things to you, that you may love one another.
18 If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
Read all of John 15 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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