Study it in the app“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you may go and bear fruit, and that your fruit may remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give you.”
Youὑμεῖςdid notοὐχchooseἐξελέξασθεme,μεbutἀλλ’Iἐγὼchoseἐξελεξάμηνyouὑμᾶςandκαὶappointedἔθηκαyouὑμᾶςso thatἵναyouὑμεῖςmay goὑπάγητεandκαὶbearφέρητεfruit,καρπὸνandκαὶthat your fruitὁ καρπὸς ὑμῶνmay remain,μένῃso thatἵναwhateverὅ τι ἂνyou askαἰτήσητεthe Fatherτὸν πατέραinἐνmy name,τῷ ὀνόματί μουhe may giveδῷyou.ὑμῖν
choose
Choose, select.
Where else “exelexasthe” appearsappoint
To name someone to a post, or decide something.
Where else “ethēka” appearsgo away
Go away, leave; "go!".
Where else “hypagēte” appearsbear
For a plant to bear fruit, and so also a life.
Where else “pherēte” appearsresult
The result of what someone is or does.
Where else “karpon” appearsremain
To stay joined to someone: "abide in me".
Where else “menēi” appearsask
Ask, ask for.
Where else “aitēsēte” appearsFather
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patera” appearsname
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onomati” appearsgive
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “dōi” appears15No longer do I call you slaves, because the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
16 · This verse (above)
17I command you these things so that you love one another.
1. What it says
Jesus calls himself the true vine. What does he say happens to the branch that stays in him and to the one that does not? (vv. 1-8)
2. What it means
Jesus says, “I no longer call you servants, but friends” (v. 15). According to the text, what makes someone a friend? (vv. 12-17)
3. How I live it
“Remain in my love” (v. 9). What simple habit would help you stay close to Jesus this week?
