Joh 15:16, Act 1:24-25, Gal 1:1, 15-20 | ESV | STEP | You did not choose me , but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide , so that whatever you ask the Father in my name , he may give it to you .

John 15:16

16 You did not choose me, but ^aI chose you and appointed you that you should go and ^bbear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that ^cwhatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

Acts 1:24-25

24 And ^dthey prayed and said, “You, Lord, ^ewho know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen 25 to take the place in ^fthis ministry and ^gapostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”

Galatians 1:1

Greeting

1 Paul, an ^hapostle— ⁱnot from men nor through man, but ^jthrough Jesus Christ and God the Father, ^kwho raised him from the dead—

Galatians 1:15-20

15 But when he ^lwho had set me apart ^mbefore I was born, ^{▼▼Greek set me apart from my mother’s womb} and who ^ocalled me by his grace, 16 was pleased to reveal his Son to ^{▼▼Greek in} me, in order ^qthat I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone; ^{▼▼Greek with flesh and blood} 17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.

18 Then ^safter three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and remained with him fifteen days. 19 But I saw none of the other apostles except James ^tthe Lord’s brother. 20 (In what I am writing to you, ^ubefore God, I do not lie!)