| 16 | John | ||
| 1 | 'I have told you all this to guard you against the breakdown of your faith. | ||
| 2 | They will ban you from the synagogue; indeed, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will suppose that he is performing a religious duty. | ||
| 3 | They will do these things because they do not know either the Father or me. | ||
| 4 | I have told you all this so that when the time comes for it to happen you may remember my warning. I did not tell you this at first, because then I was with you; | The Work of the Spirit Jn.16.4-15 (Jerusalem) - | |
| 5 | but now I am going away to him who sent me. None of you asks me "Where are you going?" | ||
| 6 | Yet you are plunged into grief because of what I have told you. | ||
| 7 | Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is for your good that I am leaving you. If I do not go, your Advocate will not come, whereas if I go, I will send him to you. | ||
| 8 | When he comes, he will confute the world, and show where wrong and right and judgement lie. | ||
| 9 | He will convict them of wrong, by their refusal to believe in me; | ||
| 10 | he will convince them that right is on my side, by showing that I go to the Father when I pass from your sight; | ||
| 11 | and he will convince them of divine judgement, by showing that the Prince of this world stands condemned. | ||
| 12 | 'There is still much that I could say to you, but the burden would be too great for you now. | ||
| 13 | However, when he comes who is the Spirit of truth, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own authority, but will tell only what he hears; and he will make known to you the things that are coming. | ||
| 14 | He will glorify me, for everything that he makes known to you he will draw from what is mine. | ||
| 15 | All that the Father has is mine, and that is why I said, "Everything that he makes known to you he will draw from what is mine." | ||
| 16 | 'A LITTLE WHILE, and you see me no more; again a little while, and you will see me.' | Sorrow Will Turn into Joy Jn.16.16-24 (Jerusalem) - | |
| 17 | Some of his disciples said to one another, 'What does he mean by this: "A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me", and by this: ?Because I am going to my Father?? | ||
| 18 | So they asked, 'What is this "little while" that he speaks of? We do not know what he means.' | ||
| 19 | Jesus knew that they were wanting to question him, and said, 'Are you discussing what I said: "A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me"? | ||
| 20 | In very truth I tell you, you will weep and mourn, but the world will be glad. But though you will be plunged in grief, your grief will be turned to joy. | ||
| 21 | A woman in labour is in pain because her time has come; but when the child is born she forgets the anguish in her joy that a man has been born into the world. | ||
| 22 | So it is with you: for the moment you are sad at heart; but I shall see you again, and then you will be joyful, and no one shall rob you of your joy. | ||
| 23 | When that day comes you will ask nothing of me. In very truth I tell you, if you ask the Father for anything in my name, he will give it you. | ||
| 24 | So far you have asked nothing in my name. Ask and you will receive, that your joy may be complete. | ||
| 25 | 'Till now I have been using figures of speech; a time is coming when I shall no longer use figures, but tell you of the Father in plain words. | I Have Overcome the World Jn.16.25-33 (Jerusalem) - | |
| 26 | When that day comes you will make your request in my name, and I do not say that I shall pray to the Father for you, | ||
| 27 | for the Father loves you himself, because you have loved me and believed that I came from God. | ||
| 28 | I came from the Father and have come into the world. Now I am leaving the world again and going to the Father.' | ||
| 29 | His disciples said, 'Why, this is plain speaking; this is no figure of speech. | ||
| 30 | We are certain now that you know everything, and do not need to be questioned; because of this we believe that you have come from God.' | ||
| 31 | Jesus answered, 'Do you now believe? | ||
| 32 | Look, the hour is coming, has indeed already come, when you are all to be scattered, each to his home, leaving me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. | ||
| 33 | I have told you all this so that in me you may find peace. In the world you will have trouble. But courage! The victory is mine; I have conquered the world.' | ||
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