John 16:31-33

I Have Overcome the World

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 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Cross References
    John 15:18 - 21
    If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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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