John 16:1-11 ▼

1 “I have told you this so that you may not fall away.

2 They will expel you from the synagogues; in fact, the hour is coming when everyone who kills you will think he is offering worship to God.

3 They will do this because they have not known either the Father or me.

4 I have told you this so that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you. “I did not tell you this from the beginning, because I was with you.

5 But now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’

6 But because I told you this, grief has filled your hearts.

7 But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go. For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.

8 And when he comes he will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and condemnation:

9 sin, because they do not believe in me;

10 righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see me;

11 condemnation, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.