Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
These have I spoken, that ye should not be offended.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
"I have told you this to keep you from falling away.
A Conservative Version
I have spoken these things to you, so that ye may not be caused to stumble.
American Standard Version
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be caused to stumble.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
[Jesus continued], "I have told you these things so that you men would not fall away [i.e., from the faith].
Anderson New Testament
These things have I spoken to you, that you may not be ensnared.
Bible in Basic English
I have said these things to you so that you may not be in doubt.
Common New Testament
"I have said all this to you so that you will not go astray.
Daniel Mace New Testament
I have told you these things that ye may not be discouraged.
Darby Translation
These things I have spoken unto you that ye may not be offended.
Godbey New Testament
I have spoken these things to you, that you may not be offended.
Goodspeed New Testament
"I have told you this to keep you from faltering.
John Wesley New Testament
I have told you these things, that ye may not be offended. They will put you out of the synagogues;
King James 2000
These things have I spoken unto you, that you should not be offended.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"I have said these [things] to you so that you will not fall away.
Modern King James verseion
I have spoken these things to you so that you should not be offended.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
These things have I said unto you because ye should not be offended.
Moffatt New Testament
I have told you all this, to keep you from being repelled.
Montgomery New Testament
"I have told you all this so that you may not stumble.
NET Bible
"I have told you all these things so that you will not fall away.
New Heart English Bible
"I have said all these things to you so that you may be kept from stumbling.
Noyes New Testament
These things have I spoken to you, that ye may not fall away.
Sawyer New Testament
These things I have said to you, that you may not be offended.
The Emphasized Bible
These things, have I spoken unto you, that ye may not be caused to stumble:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
THESE things have I spoken, that ye might not be stumbled.
Twentieth Century New Testament
I have spoken to you in this way so that you may not falter.
Webster
These things have I spoken to you, that ye should not be offended.
Weymouth New Testament
"These things I have spoken to you in order to clear stumbling-blocks out of your path.
Williams New Testament
"I have told you these things to keep you from falling over stumbling blocks.
World English Bible
"These things have I spoken to you, so that you wouldn't be caused to stumble.
Worrell New Testament
"These things have I spoken to you, that ye be not made to stumble.
Worsley New Testament
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye may not be offended:
Youngs Literal Translation
'These things I have spoken to you, that ye may not be stumbled,
Themes
Holy spirit » What the holy spirit does
Holy spirit » The holy spirit being sent by God
Offence » Saints warned against taking
Interlinear
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Word Count of 37 Translations in John 16:1
Images John 16:1
Prayers for John 16:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Coming Testimony And Rejection
1 These have I spoken, that ye should not be offended. 2 They shall make you excluded from the synagogue: but the hour comes that every one having slain you should think to bring service to God.
Cross References
Matthew 11:6
And happy is he who shall not give cause of offence in me.
Matthew 13:21
And has no root in himself, but is for a time; and there being pressure or expulsion for the word, straightly is he offended.
Matthew 26:31-33
Then says Jesus to them, All ye shall be scandalized in me this night; for it has been written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered up and down.
John 15:18-27
If the world hate you, know that it has hated me the first of you.
John 16:4
But these have I spoken to you, that when the hour should come, ye should remember them, for I said to you. And these I said not to you from the beginning, for I was with you.
Romans 14:21
Good not to eat flesh, nor drink wine, nor in what thy brother stumbles, or is offended, or is weak.
Philippians 1:10
For you to try things differing; that ye may be pure and not stumbling to the day of Christ;
1 Peter 2:8
And a stone of stumble, and rock of offence, they disbelieving the word stumble: to which also they were set.
Matthew 13:57
And they were scandalized in him. And Jesus said to them, A prophet is not unhonoured, except in his native land, and in his house.
Matthew 24:10
And then shall many be offended, and they shall deliver up one another, and they shall hate one another.
John 15:11
These things have I spoken to you, that my joy might remain in you, and your joy might be completed.