John 16:1-7 ▼

1 “I have told you these things so that you won’t abandon your faith.

2 For you will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are doing a holy service for God.

3 This is because they have never known the Father or me.

4 Yes, I’m telling you these things now, so that when they happen, you will remember my warning. I didn’t tell you earlier because I was going to be with you for a while longer.

5 “But now I am going away to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking where I am going.

6 Instead, you grieve because of what I’ve told you.

7 But in fact, it is best for you that I go away, because if I don’t, the Advocate won’t come. If I do go away, then I will send him to you.