John 15:16

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὐχ ὑμεῖς με ἐξελέξασθε, ἀλλʼ 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.

Transliteration

Ouch humeis me exelexasthe, all' egō exelexamēn humas, and ethēka humas, hina humeis hupagēte and karpon pherēte, and the karpos humōn menē: hina ho ti an aitēsēte ton Patera en tō onomati mou, dō humin.

Grammar Details

• *Ouch humeis*: negative + nominative, plural, second person pronoun - not you
• *me*: accusative, singular, first person pronoun - me
• *exelexasthe*: aorist indicative, middle, second person plural - you chose
• *all'*: conjunction - but
• *egō*: nominative, singular, first person pronoun - I
• *exelexamēn*: aorist indicative, middle, first person singular - I chose
• *humas*: accusative, plural, second person pronoun - you [plural]
• *ethēka*: aorist indicative, active, first person singular - I appointed/set
• *hina*: conjunction - so that
• *humeis*: nominative, plural, second person pronoun - you [plural]
• *hupagēte*: present subjunctive, active, second person plural - you might go
• *karpon*: accusative, masculine, singular - fruit
• *pherēte*: present subjunctive, active, second person plural - you might bear
• *karpos*: nominative, masculine, singular - fruit
• *humōn*: genitive, plural, second person pronoun - your/of you [plural]
• *menē*: present subjunctive, active, third person singular - might remain
• *ho ti an*: relative pronoun + modal particle - whatever
• *aitēsēte*: aorist subjunctive, active, second person plural - you might ask
• *ton Patera*: accusative, masculine, singular - the Father
• *en tō onomati*: preposition + dative - in the name
• *mou*: genitive, singular, first person pronoun - my/of me
• *dō*: aorist subjunctive, active, third person singular - he might give
• *humin*: dative, plural, second person pronoun - to you [plural]

Word Meanings

• *exelexasthe*: chose/selected/picked
• *exelexamēn*: chose/selected/picked
• *ethēka*: appointed/set/placed/established
• *hupagēte*: go/proceed/depart
• *pherēte*: bear/produce/yield
• *menē*: remain/abide/continue/last
• *aitēsēte*: ask/request/petition
• *dō*: might give/grant/provide

Referenced Verses

• 2 Tim 3:15-17 : 15 And that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 Every scripture inspired of God [is] also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness. 17 That the man of God may be complete, furnished completely unto every good work.
• John 6:70 : 70 Jesus answered them, Did not I choose you the twelve, and one of you is a devil?
• John 13:18 : 18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled: He that eateth my bread lifted up his heel against me.
• John 15:19 : 19 If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
• Luke 6:13 : 13 And when it was day, he called his disciples; and he chose from them twelve, whom also he named apostles:
• Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.
• 2 Tim 2:2 : 2 And the things which thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
• Col 1:23 : 23 if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.
• 1 Pet 1:14-21 : 14 as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in [the time of] your ignorance: 15 but like as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living; 16 because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy. 17 And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear: 18 knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers; 19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, [even the blood] of Christ: 20 who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of times for your sake, 21 who through him are believers in God, that raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
• 1 Pet 3:2 : 2 beholding your chaste behavior [coupled] with fear.
• 1 Pet 3:15 : 15 but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: [being] ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:
• 1 John 4:19 : 19 We love, because he first loved us.
• John 16:23-24 : 23 And in that day ye shall ask me no question. Verily, verily, I say unto you, if ye shall ask anything of the Father, he will give it you in my name. 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be made full.
• John 14:13-14 : 13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If ye shall ask anything in my name, that will I do.
• Mark 16:15-16 : 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.
• Ps 145:4 : 4 One generation shall laud thy works to another, And shall declare thy mighty acts.
• Ps 71:18 : 18 Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto [the next] generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.
• Ps 78:4-6 : 4 We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, And his strength, and his wondrous works that he hath done. 5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children; 6 That the generation to come might know [them], even the children that should be born; Who should arise and tell [them] to their children,
• Isa 27:6 : 6 In days to come shall Jacob take root; Israel shall blossom and bud; and they shall fill the face of the world with fruit.
• Isa 49:1-3 : 1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples, from far: Jehovah hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name: 2 and he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me: and he hath made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he kept me close: 3 and he said unto me, Thou art my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
• Isa 55:10-13 : 10 For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, and giveth seed to the sower and bread to the eater; 11 so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. 12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands. 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree; and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree: and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
• Jer 1:5-7 : 5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations. 6 Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, I know not how to speak; for I am a child. 7 But Jehovah said unto me, Say not, I am a child; for to whomsoever I shall send thee thou shalt go, and whatsoever I shall command thee thou shalt speak.
• Matt 21:22 : 22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
• Matt 28:18-19 : 18 And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:
• Acts 1:24 : 24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, show of these two the one whom thou hast chosen,
• Rom 15:4 : 4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope.
• Rom 15:15-19 : 15 But I write the more boldly unto you in some measure, as putting you again in remembrance, because of the grace that was given me of God, 16 that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus unto the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 I have therefore my glorifying in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God. 18 For I will not dare to speak of any things save those which Christ wrought through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed, 19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and round about even unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ;
• Acts 22:14 : 14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath appointed thee to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.
• Heb 11:4 : 4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God bearing witness in respect of his gifts: and through it he being dead yet speaketh.
• Jas 3:18 : 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.
• 2 Tim 1:11 : 11 whereunto I was appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher.
• 1 Cor 9:16-18 : 16 For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of; for necessity is laid upon me; for woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel. 17 For if I do this of mine own will, I have a reward: but if not of mine own will, I have a stewardship intrusted to me. 18 What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel without charge, so as not to use to the full my right in the gospel.
• 1 Cor 10:11 : 11 Now these things happened unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.
• Gal 1:15 : 15 But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me, [even] from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace,
• Col 1:6 : 6 which is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as [it doth] in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;
• 1 Tim 2:7 : 7 whereunto I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth, I lie not), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
• Titus 1:5 : 5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge;
• 1 John 4:10 : 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.
• Rom 1:5 : 5 through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name's sake;
• Rom 1:13 : 13 And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you (and was hindered hitherto), that I might have some fruit in you also, even as in the rest of the Gentiles.
• Rom 9:11-16 : 11 for [the children] being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth, 12 it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. 13 Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated. 14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. 15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion. 16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.
• Rom 9:21 : 21 Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?
• 1 Cor 3:6-7 : 6 I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
• Luke 24:47-49 : 47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48 Ye are witnesses of these things. 49 And behold, I send forth the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city, until ye be clothed with power from on high.
• Acts 9:15 : 15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles and kings, and the children of Israel:
• Acts 10:41 : 41 not to all the people, but unto witnesses that were chosen before of God, [even] to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
• Acts 20:25-28 : 25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, shall see my face no more. 26 Wherefore I testify unto you this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. 27 For I shrank not from declaring unto you the whole counsel of God. 28 Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood.
• John 20:21-23 : 21 Jesus therefore said to them again, Peace [be] unto you: as the Father hath sent me, even so send I you. 22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Spirit: 23 whose soever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven unto them; whose soever [sins] ye retain, they are retained.
• John 21:15-17 : 15 So when they had broken their fast, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, [son] of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. 16 He saith to him again a second time, Simon, [son] of John, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Tend my sheep. 17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, [son] of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
• Acts 1:8 : 8 But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
• Gen 18:18 : 18 seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
• John 15:7-8 : 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and [so] shall ye be my disciples.
• Mic 5:7 : 7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as dew from Jehovah, as showers upon the grass, that tarry not for man, nor wait for the sons of men.
• Zech 1:4-6 : 4 Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets cried, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Return ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith Jehovah. 5 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? 6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? and they turned and said, Like as Jehovah of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
• Prov 11:30 : 30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; And he that is wise winneth souls.