John 16:1-22 ▼

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.

14 He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you⁺.

15 Everything that belongs to the Father {Patēr} is Mine. That is why I said that the Spirit will take from what is Mine and disclose it to you⁺.

16 In a little while you⁺ will see Me no more, and then after a little while you⁺ will see Me [because I go away to the Father.].

17 Then some of His disciples (pupils) asked one another, “Why is He telling us, ‘In a little while you⁺ will not see Me, and then after a little while you⁺ will see Me’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father {Patera}’?

18 They kept asking, “Why is He saying, ‘a little while’? We do not understand what He is saying.

19 Aware that they wanted to question Him, Jesus said to them, “Are you⁺ asking one another why I said, ‘In a little while you⁺ will not see Me, and then after a little while you⁺ will see Me’?

20 Truly, truly, I tell you⁺, you⁺ will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You⁺ will grieve, but your⁺ grief will turn to joy.

21 A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.

22 So also you⁺ have sorrow now, but I will see you⁺ again and your⁺ hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your⁺ joy.