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 may give it you.
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you - a wholesome memento after the lofty things He had just said about their mutual indwelling, and the unreservedness of the friendship to which He had admitted them.
And ordained [ etheeka (G5087 ), or 'appointed'] you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit - that is, ye are to give yourselves to this as your proper business. The fruit intended, though embracing all spiritual fruitfulness, is here specially that particular fruit of "loving one another," which John 15:17 shows to be still the subject spoken of. And that your fruit should remain - showing itself to be an imperishable and ever-growing principle. (See Proverbs 4:18; 2 John 1:8.)
That whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. See the note at John 15:7.