The Work of the Holy Spirit

John 16

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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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?
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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?
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Cross References
    John 8:46
    Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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'?
  17. Cross References
    John 12:31
    Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. Cross References
    John 17:10
    All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.
  25. Cross References
    John 16:14
    He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
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