John 16:1-18 ▼

1 These have I spoken, that ye should not be offended.

2 They shall make you excluded from the synagogue: but the hour comes that every one having slain you should think to bring service to God.

3 And these things shall they do to you, for they know not the Father, nor me.

4 But these have I spoken to you, that when the hour should come, ye should remember them, for I said to you. And these I said not to you from the beginning, for I was with you.

5 But now do I retire to him having sent me; and not one of you asks me, Where dost thou retire.

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

7 But I say the truth to you; it is profitable to you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Intercessor shall not come to you; and if I go, I will send him to you.

8 And having come, he will convict the world of sin, and of justice, and of judgment:

9 Truly of sin, because they believe not in me;

10 And of justice, because I retire to my Father, and ye see me no more;

11 And of judgment, for the ruler of this world has been judged.

12 I have yet many things to say to you, but ye cannot bear them now.

13 And when he should come, the Spirit of truth, he shall guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatever he should hear, shall he speak: and he shall announce to you the things coming.

14 He shall honour me: for he shall take of mine, and announce to you.

15 All things which the Father has are mine: therefore said I, he shall take of mine, and announce to you.

16 A little while, and ye see me not: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, and because I retire to the Father.

17 Then said of his disciples to one another, What is this which he says to you, A little, and ye see me not: and again, a little, and ye shall see me: and, Because I retire to my Father?

18 Then said they, What is this which he says, A little we know not what he says.