16John 16

1“I have told you this, so that you will not give up your faith.Select John 16:1

2You will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time will come when those who kill you will think that by doing this they are serving God.Select John 16:2

3People will do these things to you because they have not known either the Father or me.Select John 16:3

4But I have told you this, so that when the time comes for them to do these things, you will remember what I told you. “I did not tell you these things at the beginning, for I was with you.Select John 16:4

The Work of the Holy Spirit

5But now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me where I am going.Select John 16:5

6And now that I have told you, your hearts are full of sadness.Select John 16:6

7But I am telling you the truth: it is better for you that I go away, because if I do not go, the Helper will not come to you. But if I do go away, then I will send him to you.Select John 16:7

8And when he comes, he will prove to the people of the world that they are wrong about sin and about what is right and about God's judgment.Select John 16:8

9They are wrong about sin, because they do not believe in me;Select John 16:9

10they are wrong about what is right, because I am going to the Father and you will not see me any more;Select John 16:10

11and they are wrong about judgment, because the ruler of this world has already been judged.Select John 16:11

12“I have much more to tell you, but now it would be too much for you to bear.Select John 16:12

13When, however, the Spirit comes, who reveals the truth about God, he will lead you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own authority, but he will speak of what he hears and will tell you of things to come.Select John 16:13

14He will give me glory, because he will take what I say and tell it to you.Select John 16:14

15All that my Father has is mine; that is why I said that the Spirit will take what I give him and tell it to you.Select John 16:15

Sadness and Gladness

16“In a little while you will not see me any more, and then a little while later you will see me.”Select John 16:16

17Some of his disciples asked among themselves, “What does this mean? He tells us that in a little while we will not see him, and then a little while later we will see him; and he also says, ‘It is because I am going to the Father.’Select John 16:17

18What does this ‘a little while’ mean? We don't know what he is talking about!”Select John 16:18

19Jesus knew that they wanted to question him, so he said to them, “I said, ‘In a little while you will not see me, and then a little while later you will see me.’ Is this what you are asking about among yourselves?Select John 16:19

20I am telling you the truth: you will cry and weep, but the world will be glad; you will be sad, but your sadness will turn into gladness.Select John 16:20

21When a woman is about to give birth, she is sad because her hour of suffering has come; but when the baby is born, she forgets her suffering, because she is happy that a baby has been born into the world.Select John 16:21

22That is how it is with you: now you are sad, but I will see you again, and your hearts will be filled with gladness, the kind of gladness that no one can take away from you.Select John 16:22

23“When that day comes, you will not ask me for anything. I am telling you the truth: the Father will give you whatever you ask of him in my name.Select John 16:23

24Until now you have not asked for anything in my name; ask and you will receive, so that your happiness may be complete.Select John 16:24

Victory over the World

25“I have used figures of speech to tell you these things. But the time will come when I will not use figures of speech, but will speak to you plainly about the Father.Select John 16:25

26When that day comes, you will ask him in my name; and I do not say that I will ask him on your behalf,Select John 16:26

27for the Father himself loves you. He loves you because you love me and have believed that I came from God.Select John 16:27

28I did come from the Father, and I came into the world; and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”Select John 16:28

29Then his disciples said to him, “Now you are speaking plainly, without using figures of speech.Select John 16:29

30We know now that you know everything; you do not need to have someone ask you questions. This makes us believe that you came from God.”Select John 16:30

31Jesus answered them, “Do you believe now?Select John 16:31

32The time is coming, and is already here, when all of you will be scattered, each of you to your own home, and I will be left all alone. But I am not really alone, because the Father is with me.Select John 16:32

33I have told you this so that you will have peace by being united to me. The world will make you suffer. But be brave! I have defeated the world!”Select John 16:33