O ineffable grace! For what were we, before Christ chose us, but wretched and abandoned creatures? Such we were; but now we are chosen, in order that we may become good by the grace of Him that hath chosen us. (St. Augustine, tract. 86. in Joan.)
Verse John 15:16. _YE HAVE NOT CHOSEN ME_] Ye have not elected me as your Teacher: I have called you to be my disciples; witnesses and depositories of the truth. It was customary among the Jews for ev...
YE HAVE NOT CHOSEN ME - The word here translated “chosen” is that from which is derived the word “elect,” and means the same thing. It is frequently thus translated, Mark 13:20; Matthew 24:22, Matthew...
CHAPTER 15 1. The Vine and the Branch. (John 15:1 .) 2. Communion with Him and its Conditions.(John 15:9 .) 3. Love One Another! and the Hatred of the World. (John 15:17 .) Israel is called a vine...
JOHN 15. THE VINE. The relation of the following Chapter s to 14 has been discussed. The Parœ mia, or parable-like discourse, reminds us of the parable or metaphor of the Good Shepherd in ch. 10. Two...
YE HAVE NOT CHOSEN ME, BUT. HAVE CHOSEN YOU, AND ORDAINED YOU. Each one of the eleven apostles present had been chosen, called, by the Lord, from among his disciples. They did not choose him, but he t...
THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES (John 15:1-10)...
"I have spoken these things to you that my joy might be in you, and that your joy might be complete. This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you. No one has greater love tha...
Y. HAVE NOT, &c.. Not that ye chose Me, &c. Figure of speech _Antimetabole._ App-6. Thus reversing the custom of the Jews for the disciple to choose his own master. See Dr. John Lightfoot, _Works,_ vo...
_Ye have not_, &c. Better, _Ye_ CHOSE _Me not, but I_ CHOSE _you:_-Ye" and -I" are emphatic; there is no emphasis on -Me." The reference is to their election to be Apostles, as the very word used seem...
ΟΥ̓Χ ὙΜΕΙ͂Σ. NOT YE CHOSE _Me, but I_ CHOSE _you_. Ὑμεῖς and ἐγώ are emphatic. Ἐκλέγειν refers to their election to be Apostles (John 6:70; John 13:18; Acts 1:2); therefore the aorist as referring to...
THE UNION OF THE DISCIPLES WITH ONE ANOTHER IN CHRIST...
Ver 12. This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you. 13. Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14. You are my friends, if you do w...
ΈΞΕΛΈΞΑΣΘΕ _aor. ind. med. от_ ΈΚΛΈΓΟΜΑΙ (G1586) выбирать, избирать для себя, ΈΞΕΛΕΞΆΜΗΝ _aor. ind. med._ ΈΘΗΚΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΤΊΘΗΜΙ (G5087) класть, помещать, ΎΠΆΓΗΤΕ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΎΠΆΓΩ...
DISCOURSE: 1697 THE DOCTRINE OF ELECTION EXPLAINED John 15:16. _Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should rem...
YE HAVE NOT CHOSEN ME,— "You have not, as principals in this affair, adopted me as your associate; but I, the great author of the gospel, have adopted you as my associates, to share with me in the hon...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS Special Study THE CHRISTIAN SYNDROME (John 15:1-17) If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my life; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. Thes...
FRANK UNION OF FRIENDS _Text 15:12-17_ 12 This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his f...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 15:7-16 Below is an Analysis of the second section of John 15:— That the theme of this second section of John 15 is the same as was before us in its opening por...
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he m...
12 As the Lord had explained in His kingdom proclamation, the whole law was included in the one word, love. Love to God and love to man is far more than all the precepts of the law. So, in His final c...
THE TRUE YINE. THE WITNESS OF THE COMFORTER AND OF THE APOSTLES 1-17. The allegory of the True Vine and its interpretation. The metaphor of 'the vine' was suggested by 'the fruit of the vine' which ha...
ORDAINED] RV 'appointed.' BRING FORTH FRUIT] This mainly refers to the conversion of the world, which was the fruit of the spiritual labours of the Apostles. SHOULD REMAIN] Their work has lasted nearl...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 15 JESUS TEACHES ABOUT THE *VINE AND THE BRANCHES 15:1-17 V1 Then Jesus said, ‘I am like the perfect *vine. My *Father...
YE HAVE NOT CHOSEN ME, BUT I HAVE CHOSEN YOU. — Comp. Luke 6:12 _et seq.,_ and in this Gospel John 6:70; John 13:18. The thought of His love for them, which had exalted them from the position of slave...
XIII. _ NOT SERVANTS, BUT FRIENDS._ "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are My friends, if ye do the things which I command you. No longer do I call y...
οὐχ ὑμεῖς … ὑμῖν. This is added to encourage them in taking up and prosecuting the work of Jesus. Euthymius says it is ἄλλο τεκμήριον τοῦ ἔχειν αὐτοὺς φίλους ἑαυτοῦ; but it is more. They are invited t...
_The disciples are urged to fulfil Christ's purposes in the world, and are assured that if they abide in the love of Christ they will receive all they need for fruit-bearing_....
“I HAVE CALLED YOU FRIENDS” John 15:10-16 We must estimate the Father's love to Jesus before we can measure His love to us. We are told to love one another with the same love, but enabling power is n...
Our Lord now uttered the great allegory of the vine. Certain words in it arrest our attention, "the vine," "the branches," "the fruit." The close interrelationship between these is emphasized, and our...
(5) Ye (c) have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and [that] your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my n...
CHAPTER 23 THE VALEDICTORY SERMON John 14-16. Now that the Passover meal has been enjoyed, and that celebrated Mosaic institution totally eclipsed by bloody Calvary, normally verified and abolished f...
1. 15:1-17. After the words: “Let us go hence,” Jesus and the disciples left the room which had just been to them, as it were, the vestibule of the Father's house. Whither do they go? According to _We...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 12-17. 1. The statement of John 15:13 is, of course, to be interpreted in view of the subject which is occupying the thought of Jesus. The love of enemie...
VER. 16. “ _You have not chosen me; but I have chosen you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that, whatsoever you may ask the Father in my name, h...
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. (10) If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his lov...
In John 15:1-27 our Lord substitutes Himself for Israel, as the plant of God, responsible to bear fruit for Him on earth (not merely for man, as such, openly sinful and lost). He takes the place of th...
16._You have not chosen me. _He declares still more clearly that it must not be ascribed to their own merit, but to his grace, that they have arrived at so great an honor; for when he says that _he wa...
The beginning of this chapter, and that which relates to the vine, belongs to the earthly portion to that which Jesus was on earth to His relationship with His disciples as on the earth, and does not...
YE HAVE NOT CHOSEN ME, BUT I HAVE CHOSEN YOU,.... Not but that they had made choice of him as their Lord and Master, Saviour and Redeemer; but not first, he was before hand with them; he chose them, b...
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and _that_ your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he...
_Greater love_ To his friends, (of whom here he only speaks,) _hath no man than this_ That is, a greater degree of love than this never existed in the world; _that a man lay down his life for his frie...
YE HAVE NOT CHOSEN ME; they had not first chosen him, but he had chosen them; and their choice of him was the fruit of his choice of them. 1 John 4:19. ORDAINED YOU; set you apart to the work to whic...
The meaning of Christ's friendship:...
YE HAVE NOT CHOSEN ME, BUT I HAVE CHOSEN YOU, AND ORDAINED YOU, THAT YE SHOULD GO AND BRING FORTH FRUIT, AND THAT YOUR FRUIT SHOULD REMAIN, THAT WHATSOEVER YE SHALL ASK OF THE FATHER IN MY NAME, HE MA...
THE MINISTRY OF EXHORTATION CHRIST THE TRUE VINE (vs.1-8) The Lord's ministry of comfort, or of binding up, has been seen in chapter 14. Now in chapter 15 it is that of stirring up, or of exhortatio...
9-17 Those whom God loves as a Father, may despise the hatred of all the world. As the Father loved Christ, who was most worthy, so he loved his disciples, who were unworthy. All that love the Saviou...
OLBGrk; YE HAVE NOT CHOSEN ME to be your Lord, Master, Saviour, BUT I HAVE CHOSEN AND ORDAINED YOU; so we have it in our translation; but the Greek is, eyhka, I have set you, or placed you in a statio...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV For this is the glory of man, to continue and remain permanently in God's service. Wherefore also did the Lord say to His disciples, "Ye have not chosen Me, but I ha...
John 15:16 You G5210 did G1586 not G3756 choose G1586 (G5668) Me G3165 but G235 I G1473 chose...
“You did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you to go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give it to you”. Not only are they...
2). AS THE NEW ISRAEL THE DISCIPLES ARE TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER (JOHN 15:12). The fruit required of the branches of the vine is now clearly expressed. As branches of the true Vine they are to love one ano...
John 15:16. YE DID NOT CHOOSE ME, BUT I CHOSE YOU, AND APPOINTED YOU, THAT YE SHOULD GO AWAY AND BEAR FRUIT, AND THAT YOUR FRUIT SHOULD ABIDE. But He had not taught them merely to fill their minds wit...
We have already considered the circumstances under which the two Chapter s upon which we now enter were spoken; and, if we have been correct in the view taken of them, we are not to imagine that the f...
BUT I CHOSE YOU (αλλ' εγω εξελεξαμην υμας). First aorist middle indicative of εκλεγω. See this same verb and tense used for the choice of the disciples by Christ (John 6:70; John 13:18; John 15:19)....
John 15:12. _This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you._ O beloved, do keep this commandment! Overlook each other's infirmities. Bear with each other's faults. Love one an...
Thus speaks the Lord Jesus: John 15:1. _I am the true vine,_ Many questions have been raised about which is the true Church; the Saviour answers them, «I am the true vine.» All who are united, reall...
John 15:1. _I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman._ Not only the Mosaic law, but the whole creation is full of types of Christ. All the vines that we see in this world are only as it we...
Many of you know the words of this chapter by heart; you could repeat them without a mistake. May the savor of them abide in your hearts even as the letter of them abides in your memory! John 15:1. _...
John 15:9. _As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you:_ Oh, drink this nectar down! It is as when Cleopatra dissolved the pearl into a single draught; for here is the choicest pearl of truth t...
CONTENTS: Jesus' discourse on the vine and the branches. The believer and the world. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, disciples. CONCLUSION: Jesus is the true vine, in which the life of believers, as abiding...
John 15:1. _I am the true vine._ The vine through every age had designated the Hebrew church; here the Lord employs it to designate the Christian church, of which he is the head, and the source of lif...
YOU DID NOT CHOOSE ME; I CHOSE YOU. Each of the Eleven [Judas is _cut away_] had been chosen from the group of disciples. The King has chosen his ambassadors! [APOSTLE = one sent, ambassador.]...
_Ye are My friends if ye do whatsoever I command you_ CHRIST’S FRIENDS Notice I. WHAT CHRIST’S FRIENDS DO FOR HIM (John 15:16). In the former verse, “friends” means chiefly those whom He loved. Her...
_Ye have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you _ CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP I. ITS ORIGIN. 1. Negatively. “Ye have not chosen Me.” This is true, both in regard to election unto salvation and election unt...
_This is My commandment, that ye love one another_ THE GREAT COMMANDMENT OF CHRIST I. THE LOVE OF CHRIST. Remember 1. How free it was. We did not merit it, ask for it, nor even desire it. And here i...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 15:16 YOU DID NOT CHOOSE ME. The disciples willingly followed Jesus when he called them. Jesus CHOSE them, however, before they followed (see...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 15:1 The OT frequently uses the vineyard or vine as a symbol for Israel, God’s covenant people. Note the two “vineyard songs” in Isaiah 1:1 ...
_Ye have not chosen Me_, &c. S. Augustine, both on this passage and elsewhere (_lib_. 1, _c._ 17, _de Predest. Sanct_.) understands by this choosing the predestination of God: I have predestinated you...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 15:1. TRUE VINE.—Christ and the disciples were now on the way to Gethsemane. Their passing through the vineyards, etc., surrounding the city may have suggested th...
EXPOSITION JOHN 15:1 (7) _The parable of the vine and its branches_._ Incorporation of the disciples into one personality with himself_._ _The image of the vine may have been suggested by some visib...
Tonight let's turn now to John's gospel chapter 15, as we follow Jesus in His last hours prior to the cross. Jesus had been at the last supper with His disciples there in the upper room somewhere in J...
1 Corinthians 10:11; 1 Corinthians 3:6; 1 Corinthians 3:7; 1 Corinthians 9:16;...
Ye - chosen. The pronoun is emphatic : "It was not ye that chose me." Ordained [ε θ η κ α]. Rev., appointed is better, because it divests the word of its conventional meaning. Ordain is from the Latin...
Ye — My apostles, have not chosen me, but I have chosen you — As clearly appears from the sacred history: and appointed you, that ye may go and bear fruit — I have chosen and appointed you for this en...
Here our Saviour gives another instance and evidence of his love to his disciples; he tells them, that his mercy and free goodness had prevented them in their election to eternal salvation, and in the...