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NASB | John 15:16 "You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 15:16 "You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed and placed and purposefully planted you, so that you would go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit will remain and be lasting, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name [as My representative] He may give to you. |
Subject: Does Jn 15:16 "choosing" apply to us? |
Bible Note: All are chosen? The Bible says, "For many are called, but few are chosen.” Matthew 22:14 (ESV) So are you saying that when the NT speaks of the chosen (elect) it means everybody - all people? Try this: Look up the NT verses that contain the word "elect". Read each verse, substituting the words "everybody" or "all people" for the words "elect", "the elect", "His elect", etc.. See if your definition of elect -- "everybody" or "all people" -- makes sense when inserted in the passage. For example, using this method, these verses would sound like this: Ro 11:7 "What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but [all people] have obtained it, and the rest were blinded." If one were to substitute "all people" for the elect in this verse, it wouldn't even make sense grammatically. If "all people" have obtained it, then who are "the rest" who "were blinded" Mt 24:22 And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for [everybody's] sake those days will be shortened. Mt 24:31 And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together [everybody] from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Mr 13:20 And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh would be saved; but for [everybody's] sake [--and He chose everybody--], He shortened the days. Lu 18:7 And shall God not avenge [everybody]?... Col 3:12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; Are "all people" holy? 2Ti 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the sake of [everybody], that they (everybody) also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. |