John 16

The Hatred of the World

1 "I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. 2 x They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, y the hour is coming when z whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. 3 And they will do these things a because they have not known the Father, nor me.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

4 But b I have said these things to you, that when c their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you. "I did not say these things to you from the beginning, d because I was with you. 5 But now e I am going to him who sent me, and f none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?' 6 But because I have said these things to you, g sorrow has filled your heart. 7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for h if I do not go away, i the Helper will not come to you. But j if k I go, l I will send him to you. 8 m And when he comes, he will n convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 concerning sin, o because they do not believe in me; 10 p concerning righteousness, q because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; 11 r concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world s is judged.

12 "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 When t the Spirit of truth comes, u he will v guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but w whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. 14 He will x glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. 15 y All that the Father has is mine; z therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

Your Sorrow Will Turn into Joy

16 a "A little while, and you will see me no longer; and b again a little while, and you will see me." 17 So c some of his disciples said to one another, "What is this that he says to us, d 'A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me'; and, e 'because I am going to the Father'?" 18 So they were saying, "What does he mean by 'a little while'? f We do not know what he is talking about." 19 g Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, "Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, 'A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me'? 20 Truly, truly, I say to you, h you will weep and lament, but i the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but j your sorrow will turn into joy. 21 k When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. 22 l So also you have sorrow now, but m I will see you again, and n your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. 23 o In that day you will p ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, q whatever you ask of the Father in my name, r he will give it to you. 24 Until now you have asked nothing in my name. s Ask, and you will receive, t that your joy may be full.

I Have Overcome the World

25 "I have said these things to you in figures of speech. u The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father. 26 In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf; 27 v for the Father himself loves you, because w you have loved me and x have believed that I came from God. 1 28 y I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now z I am leaving the world and going to the Father."

29 His disciples said, "Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not a using figurative speech! 30 Now we know that b you know all things and do not need anyone to question you; this is why we believe that c you came from God." 31 Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe? 32 Behold, d the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when e you will be scattered, each to his own home, and f will leave me alone. g Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me. 33 I have said these things to you, that h in me you may have peace. i In the world you will have j tribulation. But k take heart; l I have overcome the world."

  1. Cross References
    John 9:22
    (His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.)
    John 12:42
    Nevertheless, many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue.
  2. Cross References
    John 4:21
    Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
  3. Cross References
    Acts 8:1
    And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
    Acts 9:1
    But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
    Acts 26:9 - 11
    I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
  4. Cross References
    John 8:19
    They said to him therefore, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.
    John 8:55
    But you have not known him. I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and I keep his word.
    John 15:21
    But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.
    John 17:25
    O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me.
  5. Cross References
    John 13:19
    I am telling you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am he.
    John 14:29
    And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe.
  6. Cross References
    Luke 22:53
    When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
  7. Cross References
    Matthew 9:15
    And Jesus said to them, "Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.
  8. Cross References
    John 14:12
    Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.
  9. Cross References
    John 13:36
    Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus answered him, "Where I am going you cannot follow me now, but you will follow afterward.
    John 14:5
    Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?
  10. Cross References
    John 16:22
    So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
    John 14:1
    Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
  11. Cross References
    John 7:39
    Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
  12. Cross References
    John 15:26
    But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.
    John 14:16
    And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever.
  13. Cross References
    Acts 2:33
    Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.
  14. Cross References
    John 14:2
    In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
  15. Cross References
    John 14:26
    But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
  16. Cross References
    John 8:28
    So Jesus said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as the Father taught me.
  17. Cross References
    John 8:46
    Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?
  18. Cross References
    John 8:24
    I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.
    Acts 2:36 - 37
    Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.
    1 Corinthians 12:3
    Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says "Jesus is accursed!" and no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except in the Holy Spirit.
  19. Cross References
    Acts 17:31
    Because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.
  20. Cross References
    John 16:16 - 17
    "A little while, and you will see me no longer; and again a little while, and you will see me."
    John 16:19
    Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, "Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, 'A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me'?
  21. Cross References
    John 12:31
    Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.
  22. Cross References
    Colossians 2:15
    He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.
    Hebrews 2:14
    Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil.
  23. Cross References
    John 14:17
    Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
  24. Cross References
    John 14:26
    But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
  25. Cross References
    Acts 8:31
    And he said, "How can I, unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
    John 1:17
    For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
    John 14:6
    Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
    Psalms 25:5
    Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.
  26. Cross References
    John 15:15
    No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
  27. Cross References
    John 7:39
    Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
  28. Cross References
    John 17:10
    All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.
  29. Cross References
    John 16:14
    He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
  30. Cross References
    John 7:33
    Jesus then said, "I will be with you a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.
  31. Cross References
    John 16:22
    So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
  32. Cross References
    Mark 9:10
    So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what this rising from the dead might mean.
    Mark 9:32
    But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
  33. Cross References
    John 16:16
    "A little while, and you will see me no longer; and again a little while, and you will see me."
  34. Cross References
    John 16:10
    Concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer.
  35. Cross References
    John 14:5
    Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?
  36. Cross References
    John 16:30
    Now we know that you know all things and do not need anyone to question you; this is why we believe that you came from God.
    John 2:24 - 25
    But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people
  37. Cross References
    Matthew 9:15
    And Jesus said to them, "Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.
    Mark 16:10
    She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
    Luke 23:27
    And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were mourning and lamenting for him.
  38. Cross References
    Revelation 11:10
    And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and exchange presents, because these two prophets had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth.
  39. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:13
    Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old shall be merry. I will turn their mourning into joy; I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.
    Matthew 5:4
    Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
  40. Cross References
    Isaiah 26:17
    Like a pregnant woman who writhes and cries out in her pangs when she is near to giving birth, so were we because of you, O Lord.
    Psalms 48:6
    Trembling took hold of them there, anguish as of a woman in labor.
    Isaiah 13:8
    They will be dismayed: pangs and agony will seize them; they will be in anguish like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at one another; their faces will be aflame.
    1 Thessalonians 5:3
    While people are saying, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
    Revelation 12:2
    She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth.
  41. Cross References
    John 16:6
    But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.
    2 Corinthians 6:10
    As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.
  42. Cross References
    John 16:16
    "A little while, and you will see me no longer; and again a little while, and you will see me."
  43. Cross References
    Psalms 33:21
    For our heart is glad in him, because we trust ...
    Isaiah 66:14
    You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice; yo...
    Luke 24:52
    And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusale...
    Acts 2:46
    And day by day, attending the temple together a...
    Acts 8:8
    So there was much joy in that city.
    Acts 8:39
    And when they came up out of the water, the Spi...
    Acts 13:52
    And the disciples were filled with joy and with...
  44. Cross References
    John 16:26
    In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf.
    John 14:20
    In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
  45. Cross References
    John 16:19
    Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, "Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, 'A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me'?
    John 16:30
    Now we know that you know all things and do not need anyone to question you; this is why we believe that you came from God.
  46. Cross References
    John 14:13
    Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
  47. Cross References
    John 15:16
    You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
    Ephesians 1:3
    Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.
  48. Cross References
    Matthew 7:7
    Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
  49. Cross References
    John 15:11
    These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
  50. Cross References
    John 16:2
    They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
  51. Cross References
    John 14:21
    Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.
    John 14:23
    Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
    John 17:23
    I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.
  52. Cross References
    John 21:15 - 17
    When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs.
    1 Corinthians 16:22
    If anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord, come!
  53. Cross References
    John 16:30
    Now we know that you know all things and do not need anyone to question you; this is why we believe that you came from God.
    John 17:8
    For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me.
  54. Cross References
    John 8:14
    Jesus answered, "Even if I do bear witness about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.
    John 13:3
    Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God.
  55. Cross References
    John 14:12
    Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.
  56. Cross References
    John 16:25
    I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father.
  57. Cross References
    John 21:17
    He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, "Do you love me?" and he said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep.
    John 2:24 - 25
    But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people
  58. Cross References
    John 16:27 - 28
    For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.
    John 3:2
    This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.
  59. Cross References
    John 4:21
    Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
    John 4:23
    But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.
  60. Cross References
    Matthew 26:31
    Then Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away because of me this night. For it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.
    Mark 14:27
    And Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.
  61. Cross References
    Isaiah 63:5
    I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled, but there was no one to uphold; so my own arm brought me salvation, and my wrath upheld me.
  62. Cross References
    John 8:16
    Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me.
    John 8:29
    And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.
  63. Cross References
    John 14:27
    Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
    Colossians 3:15
    And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
  64. Cross References
    John 15:18 - 21
    If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.
  65. Cross References
    Revelation 1:9
    I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
    Acts 14:22
    Strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
  66. Cross References
    John 14:1
    Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
    John 14:27
    Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
  67. Cross References
    Romans 8:37
    No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
    1 John 4:4
    Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
    1 John 5:4 - 5
    For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world - our faith.
    Revelation 3:21
    The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.
    Revelation 12:11
    And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.
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