John 16:1-13 ▼

1 [“] I have told you⁺ these things so that you⁺ will not fall away.

2 They will put you⁺ out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you⁺ will think he is offering a service to God {Theō}.

3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father {Patera} or Me.

4 But I have told you⁺ these things so that when their hour comes, you⁺ will remember that I told you⁺ about them. I did not tell you⁺ these things from the beginning, because I was with you⁺.

5 Now, however, I am going to Him who sent Me; yet none of you⁺ asks Me, ‘Where are You going?

6 Instead, your⁺ hearts are filled with sorrow because I have told you⁺ these things.

7 But I tell you⁺ the truth, it is for your⁺ benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate (Comforter) 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 judgment:

9 in regard to sin, because they do not believe in Me;

10 in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father {Patera} and you⁺ will no longer see Me;

11 and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.

12 I still have much to tell you⁺, but you⁺ cannot yet bear to hear it.

13 However, when the Spirit {Pneuma} of truth comes, He will guide you⁺ into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you⁺ what is to come.