οὐχ ὑμεῖς με ἐξελέξασθε, ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ ἐξελεξάμην ὑμᾶς καὶ ἔθηκα ὑμᾶς ἵνα ὑμεῖς ὑπάγητε (John 15:16)

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Title:  You Did Not Choose Me, but I Chose You, and I Appointed You So That You Might Depart

The text is, “οὐχ ὑμεῖς με ἐξελέξασθε, ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ ἐξελεξάμην ὑμᾶς καὶ ἔθηκα ὑμᾶς ἵνα ὑμεῖς ὑπάγητε καὶ καρπὸν φέρητε καὶ ὁ καρπὸς ὑμῶν μένῃ, ἵνα ὅ τι ἂν αἰτήσητε τὸν πατέρα ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου δῷ ὑμῖν”.

οὐχ -> negative particle -> not

ὑμεῖς -> second person, personal, plural, nominative pronoun -> you

με -> first person, personal, singular, accusative pronoun -> me

ἐξελέξασθε -> second person, plural, aorist, middle, indicative verb -> did choose

ἀλλ’ -> coordinating adversative conjunction -> but

ἐγὼ -> first person, personal, singular, nominative pronoun -> I

ἐξελεξάμην -> first person, singular, aorist, middle, indicative verb -> chose

ὑμᾶς -> second person, personal, plural, accusative pronoun -> you

καὶ -> coordinating conjunction -> and

ἔθηκα -> first person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb -> I appointed

ὑμᾶς -> second person, personal, plural, accusative pronoun -> you

ἵνα -> subordinating purposive conjunction -> so that | that

ὑμεῖς -> second person, personal, plural, nominative pronoun -> you

ὑπάγητε -> second person, plural, present, active, subjunctive verb -> might depart

καὶ -> coordinating conjunction -> and

καρπὸν -> masculine, singular, accusative noun -> fruit

φέρητε -> second person, plural, present, active, subjunctive verb -> you might bear

καὶ -> coordinating conjunction -> and

ὁ -> masculine, singular, nominative article -> the NRIEH

καρπὸς -> masculine, singular, nominative noun -> fruit

ὑμῶν -> second person, personal, plural, genitive pronoun ->  your

μένῃ -> third person, singular, present, active, subjunctive verb -> might remain

ἵνα -> subordinating purposive conjunction -> so that

ὅ τι -> neuter, singular, accusative, indefinite, relative pronoun -> whatever

ἂν -> particle -> ever NRIEH

αἰτήσητε -> second person, plural, aorist, active, subjunctive verb -> you might ask

τὸν -> masculine, singular, accusative article -> the

πατέρα -> masculine, singular, accusative noun -> Father

ἐν -> preposition taking the dative for its object word -> in

τῷ -> masculine, singular, dative article -> the NRIEH

ὀνόματί -> masculine, singular, dative noun -> name

μου -> first person, personal, singular, genitive pronoun -> my

δῷ  -> third person, singular, aorist, active, subjunctive verb -> he will give

ὑμῖν -> second person, personal, plural, dative pronoun -> it to you

The meaning of this verse is,

You did not choose me, but I chose you, and I appointed you so that you might depart and you might bear fruit and that your fruit might remain, so that whatever you might ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you.”

οὐχ ὑμεῖς με ἐξελέξασθε, ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ ἐξελεξάμην ὑμᾶς καὶ ἔθηκα ὑμᾶς ἵνα ὑμεῖς ὑπάγητε (John 15:16) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.