John 15:16-18

1599 Geneva Bible

¹⁶^[a]Ye ^[b]have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, ^(A)that ye go and bring forth fruits, and that your fruit remain, that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my Name, he may give it you.

¹⁷These things command I you, that ye love one another.

¹⁸^[c]If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before you.

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Footnotes

John 15:16 Christ is the author and preserver of the ministry of the Gospel, even to the world’s end, but the ministers have above all things need of prayer and brotherly love.
John 15:16 This place teacheth us plainly, that our salvation cometh from the only favor and gracious goodness of the everlasting God towards us, and of nothing that we do or can deserve.
John 15:18 It ought not only not to fear, but rather confirm the faithful ministers of Christ, when they shall be hated of the world as their Master was.

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