John 16:1-11 ▼

1 "These things have I spoken to you, that ye be not made to stumble.

2 They will put you out of the synagogues; yea, an hour is coming, that every one who kills you will think that he is offering service to God.

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

4 But these things I have spoken to you, that, when their hour shall come, ye may remember them, that I told you. And these things I said not to you from the beginning, because I was with you.

5 And now I go to Him Who sent Me; and no one of you asks Me, 'Whither goest Thou?'

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

7 But I tell you the truth: it is expedient for you that I go away; for, if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but, if I go, I will send Him to you,

8 And, having come, He will convict the world respecting sin, and righteousness, and judgment:

9 respecting sin, because they believe not on Me;

10 respecting righteousness, because I go to the Father, and ye no longer behold Me;

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