John 16:1-11 ▼

1 “These things I have spoken to you so that you will not be led into sin.

2 They will ban you from the synagogue, yet an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering a service to God.

3 These things they will do because they have not known the Father nor Me.

4 But these things I have spoken to you, so that when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you of them. However, I did not say these things to you at the beginning, because I was with you.

5 “But now I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

6 But because I have said these things to you, grief has filled your heart.

7 But I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I am leaving; for if I do not leave, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.

8 And He, when He comes, will convict the world regarding sin, and righteousness, and judgment:

9 regarding sin, because they do not believe in Me;

10 and regarding righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you no longer are going to see Me;

11 and regarding judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.