John 16 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 16

I have told

you

these things

so that

you will not fall away.

They will put

you

out of the synagogues.

In fact,

a time

is coming

when

anyone

who

kills

you

will think

he is offering

a service

to God.

They will do

these things

because

they have not known

the

Father

or

Me.

But

I have told

you

these things

so that

when

their

hour

comes,

you will remember

that

I

told

you

about them.

I did not tell

you

these things

from

the beginning,

because

I was

with

you.

Now,

however,

I am going

to

Him who

sent

Me;

yet

none

of

you

asks

Me,

‘Where

are You going?’

Instead,

your

hearts

are filled

with sorrow

because

I have told

you

these things.

But

I

tell

you

the

truth,

it is for your benefit

that

I

am going away.

Unless

I go away,

the

Advocate

will not come

to

you;

but

if

I go,

I will send

Him

to

you.

And when

He comes,

He

will convict

the

world

in regard to

sin

and

righteousness

and

judgment:

in regard to

sin,

because

they do not believe

in

Me;

in regard to

righteousness,

because

I am going

to

the

Father

and

you will no longer see

Me;

and

in regard to

judgment,

because

the

prince

of this

world

has been condemned.

I still have

much

to tell

you,

but

you cannot

yet

bear to hear it.

However,

when

the

Spirit

of truth

comes,

He will guide

you

into

all

truth.

For

He will not speak

on

His own,

but

He will speak

what

He hears,

and

He will declare

to you

what is

to come.

He

will glorify

Me

by taking

from

what is

Mine

and

disclosing it

to you.

Everything

that

belongs

to the

Father

is

Mine.

That is why

I said

that

the Spirit will take

from

what is

Mine

and

disclose it

to you.

In a little while

you will see

Me

no more,

and

then

after a little while

you will see

Me.”

Then

some of

His

disciples

asked

one another,

“Why

is

He telling

us,

‘In a little while

you will not see

Me,

and

then

after a little while

you will see

Me’

and

‘Because

I am going

to

the

Father’?"

They kept asking,

“Why

is

He saying,

‘a

little while’?

We do not understand

what

He is saying.”

Aware

that

they wanted

to question

Him,

Jesus said

to them,

“Are you asking

one another

why

I said,

‘In a little while

you will not see

Me,

and

then

after a little while

you will see

Me’?

Truly,

truly,

I tell

you,

you

will weep

and

wail

while

the

world

rejoices.

You

will grieve,

but

your

grief

will turn

to

joy.

A woman

has

pain

in childbirth

because

her

time

has come;

but

when

she brings forth

her

child,

she forgets

her

anguish

because of

her

joy

that

a child

has been born

into

the

world.

So

also

you

have

sorrow

now,

but

I will see

you

again

and

your

hearts

will rejoice,

and

no one

will take

away

your

joy.

In

that

day

you will no longer ask

Me

anything.

Truly,

truly,

I tell

you,

whatever

you ask

the

Father

in

My

name,

He will give

you.

Until

now

you have not asked

for anything

in

My

name.

Ask

and

you will receive,

so that

your

joy

may be

complete.

I have spoken

these things

to you

in

figures of speech.

A time

is coming

when

I will no longer speak

to you

this way,

but

will tell

you

plainly

about

the

Father.

In

that

day

you will ask

in

My

name.

I am not saying

that

I

will ask

the

Father

on

your behalf.

For

the

Father

Himself

loves

you,

because

you

have loved

Me

and

have believed

that

I

came

from

God.

I came

from

the

Father

and

entered

the

world.

In turn,

I will leave

the

world

and

go

to

the

Father.”

His

disciples

said,

“See,

now

You are speaking

plainly

and

without

figures of speech.

Now

we understand

that

You know

all things

and that

You have

no

need

for

anyone

to question

You.

Because of

this,

we believe

that

You came

from

God.”

“Do you finally believe?”

Jesus

replied.

“Look,

an hour

is coming

and

has already come

when

you will be scattered,

each

to

his

own home,

and you will leave

Me

all alone.

Yet

I am

not

alone,

because

the

Father

is

with

Me.

I have told

you

these things

so that

in

Me

you may have

peace.

In

the

world

you will have

tribulation.

But

take courage;

I

have overcome

the

world!”

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