John 15:16 meaning and explanation

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.

John 15:16, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus speaks these words to his disciples on the night before his death, after calling them friends rather than servants. Their place with him began with his own choice, not theirs.

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