John 15:16

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Ye haue not chosen me, but I haue chosen you, and ordayned you, to go, and bryng foorth fruite, and that your fruite shoulde remayne, that whatsoeuer ye aske of the father in my name, he may geue it you.

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  • 2 Tim 3:15-17 : 15 And that from an infant thou hast knowen the scriptures, which are able to make thee wyse vnto saluation, thorowe fayth which is in Christe Iesus. 16 All scripture is geuen by inspiration of God, and is profitable to doctrine, to reproue, to correction, to instruction which is in ryghteousnesse, 17 That the man of God may be perfect, instructed vnto all good workes.
  • John 6:70 : 70 Iesus aunswereth them: Haue not I chosen you twelue, and one of you is a deuyll?
  • John 13:18 : 18 I speake not of you all. I knowe whom I haue chosen. But that the scripture may be fulfylled: He that eateth bread with me, hath lyft vp his heele agaynst me.
  • John 15:19 : 19 If ye were of the worlde, the worlde would loue his owne: Howbeit, because ye are not of the worlde, but I haue chosen you out of the worlde: therfore the worlde hateth you.
  • Luke 6:13 : 13 And assoone as it was day, he called his disciples: And of them he chose twelue, whom he called Apostles:
  • Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christe Iesus vnto good workes, whiche God hath ordeyned that we shoulde walke in them.
  • 2 Tim 2:2 : 2 And the thynges that thou haste hearde of me by many witnesses, the same commit thou to faythfull men, which shalbe apt to teache other also.
  • Col 1:23 : 23 If ye continue grounded & stablisshed in the fayth, and be not moued away from the hope of the Gospell, which ye haue hearde howe it is preached to euery creature which is vnder heauen, wherof I Paul am made a minister.
  • 1 Pet 1:14-21 : 14 As obedient chyldren, not fashionyng your selues vnto the former lustes of your ignoraunce: 15 But as he which called you is holy, euen so be ye holy also in all maner of conuersation: 16 Because it is written, be ye holy, for I am holy. 17 And yf so be that ye call on the father, which without respect of person iudgeeth accordyng to euery mans worke, see that ye passe the tyme of your dwellyng here, in feare: 18 Forasmuch as ye knowe, howe that ye were not redeemed with corruptible thynges, as siluer and golde, from your vayne conuersation which ye receaued by the tradition of the fathers: 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lambe vndefiled, & without spot: 20 Which was ordeyned beforehande, euen before the worlde was made, but was declared in the last tymes for your sakes: 21 Which by his meanes do beleue on God that raysed hym vp from death, and glorified hym, that ye might haue fayth and hope towarde God:
  • 1 Pet 3:2 : 2 Whyle they beholde your chaste conuersation coupled with feare.
  • 1 Pet 3:15 : 15 But sanctifie the Lorde God in your heartes. Be redy alwayes to geue an aunswere to euery man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you,
  • 1 John 4:19 : 19 We loue hym, for he loued vs first.
  • John 16:23-24 : 23 And in that day shall ye aske me no question. Ueryly veryly I say vnto you, whatsoeuer ye shal aske the father in my name, he wyll geue it you. 24 Hytherto haue ye asked nothyng in my name: Aske, & ye shall receaue, that your ioy may be full.
  • John 14:13-14 : 13 And whatsoeuer ye aske in my name, that wyll I do, that the father may be glorified in the sonne. 14 If ye shall aske any thing in my name, I wyll do it.
  • Mark 16:15-16 : 15 And he sayde vnto them: Go ye into all the worlde, and preache the Gospell to all creatures. 16 He that beleueth, and is baptized, shalbe saued: But he that beleueth not, shalbe dampned.
  • Ps 145:4 : 4 One generation shal praise thy workes vnto another: and they shall declare thy mightie power.
  • Ps 71:18 : 18 Wherfore whylest I am olde and am gray headed: O Lorde forsake me not, vntyll I haue shewed thy arme vnto this generation, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come.
  • Ps 78:4-6 : 4 We wyll not hyde them from their children: nay we wyll set foorth in wordes to the generation to come, the prayses of God, and his myght and wonderfull workes that he hath done. 5 For he reuiued a statute in Iacob, and gaue Israel a lawe: in the whiche he commaunded our forefathers to teache their children. 6 To the intent the posteritie shoulde knowe it, and children whiche shalbe borne: that they shoulde ryse vp and declare it to their children.
  • Isa 27:6 : 6 The dayes are comming that Iacob shall take roote, Israel shalbe greene and florishe, and the world shalbe filled with fruite.
  • Isa 49:1-3 : 1 Ye Isles hearken vnto me, and take heede ye people from farre: The Lord hath called me from my birth, and made mention of my name from my mothers wombe: 2 He hath made my mouth lyke a sharpe sworde, vnder the shadowe of his hande hath he defended me, and hid me in his quiuer as a good arrowe, 3 And sayde vnto me: Thou art my seruaunt Israel, I wyll be honoured in thee.
  • Isa 55:10-13 : 10 And lyke as the rayne and snowe commeth downe from heauen, and returneth not thyther agayne, but watereth the earth, maketh it fruitfull and greene, that it may geue corne vnto the sower, and bread to hym that eateth: 11 So the worde also that commeth out of my mouth shall not turne agayne voyde vnto me, but shall accomplishe my wyll, and prosper in the thing wherto I sende it. 12 And so shall ye go foorth with ioy, and be led with peace: The mountaynes and hylles shall syng with you for ioy, and all the trees of the fielde shal clappe their handes. 13 For thornes, there shall growe Firre trees, and the Myrre tree in the steede of bryers: And this shalbe done to the prayse of the Lorde, and for an euerlastyng token that shall not be taken away.
  • Jer 1:5-7 : 5 Before I fashioned thee in thy mothers wombe, I dyd knowe thee: and or euer thou wast borne, I sanctified thee, and ordeyned thee to be a prophete vnto the people. 6 Then sayde I: O Lorde God, I can not speake, for I am yet but young. 7 And the Lorde aunswered me thus: Say not so, I am to young: for thou shalt go to all that I shall sende thee vnto, and whatsoeuer I commaunde thee, that shalt thou speake.
  • Matt 21:22 : 22 And all thynges, whatsoeuer ye aske in prayer, beleuyng, ye shall receaue them.
  • Matt 28:18-19 : 18 And Iesus came, and spake vnto the, saying: All power is geuen vnto me in heauen and in earth. 19 Go ye therfore, & teache all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father, and of the sonne, and of the holye ghost:
  • Acts 1:24 : 24 And they prayed, saying: Thou Lord which knowest the heartes of all men, shewe whether of these two thou haste chosen,
  • Rom 15:4 : 4 For whatsoeuer thynges haue ben written afore time, were written for our learnyng, that we through pacience and comfort of ye scriptures might haue hope.
  • Rom 15:15-19 : 15 Neuerthelesse brethren, I haue somewhat more boldly written vnto you, to put you in remembraunce, through the grace that is geuen me of God, 16 That I should be the minister of Iesus Christe, to the gentiles, and shoulde minister the Gospell of God, that the offeryng of the gentiles might be acceptable, and sanctified by the holy ghost. 17 I haue therefore whereof I may reioyce through Christ Iesus, in those thynges which parteyne to God. 18 For I dare not speake of any of those thinges which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the gentiles obedient with worde and deede, 19 In myghtie signes and wonders, by the power of the spirite of God: so that from Hierusalem, & the coastes rounde about, vnto Illyricum, I haue fullye preached the Gospell of Christe.
  • Acts 22:14 : 14 And he said: The God of our fathers hath ordeyned thee before, that thou shouldest knowe his wyll, and see that iuste one, and shouldest heare the voyce of his mouth.
  • Heb 11:4 : 4 By fayth Abel offered vnto God a more excellent sacrifice then Cain: by whiche he was witnessed to be ryghteous, God testifiyng of his gyftes: by which also he beyng dead, yet speaketh.
  • Jas 3:18 : 18 Yea, and the fruite of ryghteousnes is sowen in peace, of the that make peace.
  • 2 Tim 1:11 : 11 Wherunto I am appoynted, a preacher and Apostle, and a teacher of the gentiles:
  • 1 Cor 9:16-18 : 16 For if I preache the Gospell, I haue nothyng to reioyce of: for necessitie is layde vpon me. But wo is vnto me if I preache not the Gospell. 17 For if I do it with a good wil, I haue a reward: but if I do it against my wil, the dispensatio is committed vnto me. 18 What is my reward then? Uerily that when I preache the Gospell, I make the Gospell of Christ free, that I misuse not myne aucthoritie in the Gospell.
  • 1 Cor 10:11 : 11 All these thinges happened vnto them for ensamples: but they are written to put vs in remembraunce, whom the endes of the worlde are come vpon.
  • Gal 1:15 : 15 But when it pleased God, which seperated me from my mothers wombe, & called me by his grace,
  • Col 1:6 : 6 Which is come vnto you, euen as it is into all the worlde, & is fruitfull, as it is also in you, from the day ye hearde of it and knewe the grace of God in trueth,
  • 1 Tim 2:7 : 7 Wherevnto I am ordeined a preacher and an apostle (I tell the trueth in Christe, and lye not) a teacher of the gentiles in fayth and veritie.
  • Titus 1:5 : 5 For this cause left I thee in Creta, that thou shouldest refourme ye thynges that are left, and ordayne elders in euerye citie, as I had appoynted thee:
  • 1 John 4:10 : 10 Herein is loue, not that we loued God, but that he loued vs, and sent his sonne to be the agreement for our sinnes.
  • Rom 1:5 : 5 By whom we haue receaued grace and apostleship, that obedience myght be geuen vnto the fayth in his name, among all heathen.
  • Rom 1:13 : 13 I woulde that ye should knowe brethren, howe that I haue oftentymes purposed to come vnto you ( and haue ben let hytherto,) that I myght haue some fruite also among you, as among other of the gentiles.
  • Rom 9:11-16 : 11 For yer the chyldren were borne, when they had neither done good neither bad, (that the purpose of God by election might stande: not by the reason of workes, but by the caller) 12 It was sayde vnto her: The elder shall serue the younger. 13 As it is written: Iacob haue I loued, but Esau haue I hated. 14 What shall we say then? Is there any vnrighteousnes with God? God forbid. 15 For he sayth to Moyses: I wyll shewe mercy to whom I shewe mercy: And wyll haue compassion, on whom I haue compassion. 16 So then it is not of the wyller, nor of the runner: but of the mercy of God.
  • Rom 9:21 : 21 Hath not the potter power ouer the clay, euen of the same lumpe to make one vessel vnto honour, and another vnto dishonour?
  • 1 Cor 3:6-7 : 6 I haue planted, Apollo watered: but God gaue the encrease. 7 So then, neither is he that planteth any thyng, neither he that watreth: but God that geueth the encrease.
  • Luke 24:47-49 : 47 And that repentaunce and remission of sinnes shoulde be preached in his name among all nations, and must begyn at Hierusalem. 48 And ye are witnesses of these thynges. 49 And beholde I wyll sende the promise of my father vpon you: But tary ye in the citie of Hierusalem, vntyll ye be endued with power from an hye.
  • Acts 9:15 : 15 The Lord sayde vnto hym: Go thy way, for he is a chosen vessell vnto me, to beare my name before the gentiles, & kynges, and the chyldren of Israel.
  • Acts 10:41 : 41 Not to al the people, but vnto vs witnesses, chosen before of God, euen to vs whiche dyd eate and drynke with hym after he arose from the dead.
  • Acts 20:25-28 : 25 And nowe beholde, I am sure that hencefoorth ye al, through who I haue gone preachyng the kyngdome of God, shall see my face no more. 26 Wherefore, I take you to recorde this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. 27 For I haue kept nothyng backe, but haue shewed you all ye counsell of God. 28 Take heede therfore vnto your selues, and to all the flocke, ouer the which the holy ghost hath made you ouerseers, to rule the Church of God, which he hath purchased with his owne blood.
  • John 20:21-23 : 21 Then sayde Iesus to them agayne, peace be vnto you: As my father sent me, euen so sende I you also. 22 And when he had saide those wordes, he breathed on them, & saith vnto them: Receaue ye the holy ghost. 23 Whosoeuers sinnes ye remit, they are remitted vnto them: And whosoeuers sinnes ye retayne, they are retayned.
  • John 21:15-17 : 15 So when they had dyned, Iesus saith to Simon Peter: Simon Ioanna, louest thou me more then these? He sayd vnto hym: Yea Lorde, thou knowest that I loue thee. He sayth vnto hym: feede my lambes. 16 He sayth to hym agayne the seconde tyme: Simon Ioanna, louest thou me? He sayth vnto hym: Yea Lorde, thou knowest that I loue thee. He sayde vnto hym: feede my sheepe. 17 He sayde vnto hym the thirde tyme: Simon Ioanna, louest thou me? Peter was sory, because he sayde vnto hym the thirde tyme, louest thou me: And he sayde vnto hym, Lorde thou knowest all thynges, thou knowest that I loue thee. Iesus sayth vnto hym: feede my sheepe.
  • Acts 1:8 : 8 But ye shall receaue power, after that the holy ghost is come vpon you: And ye shalbe witnesses vnto me, both in Hierusalem, and in al Iurie, & in Samarie, and euen vnto the worldes ende.
  • Gen 18:18 : 18 Seyng that Abraham shall surely be a great and a myghtie nation, and all the nations of the earth shalbe blessed in hym?
  • John 15:7-8 : 7 Yf ye byde in me, and my wordes abyde in you, aske what ye wyll, and it shalbe done for you. 8 Herein is my father glorified: that ye beare much fruite, and become my disciples.
  • Mic 5:7 : 7 And the remnaunt of Iacob shalbe among the multitude of people as the deawe of the Lord, and as the droppes vpon the grasse, that taryeth for no man and wayteth on no body.
  • Zech 1:4-6 : 4 Be ye not like your forefathers, vnto whom prophetes cryed, saying, thus sayth the Lorde of hoastes, Turne you from your euyl wayes, and from your wicked imaginations: But they woulde not heare nor regarde me, sayth the Lorde. 5 What is nowe become of your forefathers? & do the prophetes liue for euer? 6 But did not my wordes and statutes whiche I commaunded by my seruauntes the prophetes take hold of your forefathers? and they returned, & sayde: Like as the Lorde of hoastes determined to do vnto vs according to our owne wayes and imaginations, euen so hath he dealt with vs.
  • Prov 11:30 : 30 The fruite of the ryghteous is a tree of life: and he that winneth mens soules is wise.

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    17This commaunde I you, that ye loue together.

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    2Euery braunche that beareth not fruite in me, he will take away: And euery braunche that beareth fruite wyll he pourge, that it may bryng foorth more fruite.

    3Nowe are ye cleane through the worde which I haue spoken vnto you.

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