¹⁶ You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you^(A) so that you might go and bear fruit^(B)—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.^(C)

²⁴ and all are justified^(A) freely by his grace^(B) through the redemption^(C) that came by Christ Jesus.

⁸ But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.^(A)

¹⁰ This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us^(A) and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.^(B)