John 16:1-11 ▼

1 THESE things have I spoken, that ye might not be stumbled.

2 They will put you out of their synagogues: yea, the hour is coming, that every one who killeth you will think he offers God a sacred service.

3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

4 But these things have I spoken to you, that when the hour is come, ye may remember the same for I had told you. But these things I told you not at the beginning, because I was with you.

5 But now I am going away to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither art thou going?

6 But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow hath filled your heart.

7 Yet I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I went not away, the Comforter would not come to you; but if I go, I will send him unto you.

8 And when he cometh, he will convince the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment:

9 of sin first, because they believe not in me;

10 then of righteousness, because I am going to the Father, so ye see me no more;

11 and of judgment, because the ruler of this world hath sentence pronounced on him.