John 15:16
▪︎ chose (ἐκλέγομαι – Greek) – eklegó ► pick out for myself, choose, elect, select. (from ek, “out of” and légō, “speaking to a conclusion”), properly, to select (choose) out of, by a highly deliberate choice (i.e. real heart-preference) with a definite outcome (as with the destination of divine selection) – Eph 1:4; 1Cor 1:27, 28;
▪︎ appointed (τίθημι – Greek) – tithémi ► put, place, lay, set, fix, establish, causitive, for a purpose
    • “put” – Matt 5:15;
    • “lay down” – John 15:13;
    • “placed” – Acts 13:47;
    • “laid a foundation” – 1Cor 3:10;
    • “purposed in the spirit”, Acts 19:21;
    • “committed” – 2Cor 5:19;
    • “appointed” – 2Tim 1:11; Jer 1:5;
▪︎ remain – (μένω – Greek ) – menó ► remain, abide, stay, wait, wait for, await. – John 14:10, 15:5, 7