John 16:1-13 ▼

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.

12 “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them at the present time.

13 But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.