Thematic Bible
John 16:1 (show verse)
"I have said these [things] to you so that you will not fall away.
John 16:2 (show verse)
{They will expel you from the synagogue}, but an hour is coming that everyone who kills you will think they are offering service to God.
John 16:3 (show verse)
And they will do these [things] because they do not know the Father or me.
John 16:4 (show verse)
But I have said these [things] to you so that when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you about them.
John 16:5 (show verse)
But now I am going away to the one who sent me, and none of you is asking me, 'Where are you going?'
John 16:6 (show verse)
But because I have said these [things] to you, sorrow has filled your hearts.
John 16:7 (show verse)
But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
John 16:8 (show verse)
And [when he] comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and concerning righteousness and concerning judgment:
John 16:9 (show verse)
concerning sin, because they do not believe in me,
John 16:10 (show verse)
and concerning righteousness, because I am going away to the Father and you will see me no more,
John 16:11 (show verse)
and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.
John 16:12 (show verse)
I still have many [things] to say to you, but you are not able to bear [them] now.
John 16:13 (show verse)
But when he--the Spirit of truth--comes, he will guide you into all the truth. For he will not speak from himself, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will proclaim to you the things to come.
John 16:14 (show verse)
He will glorify me, because he will take from what [is] mine and will proclaim [it] to you.
John 16:15 (show verse)
Everything that the Father has is mine. For this [reason] I said that he takes from what [is] mine and will proclaim [it] to you.
John 16:16 (show verse)
"A little [while] and you will see me no more, and again a little [while] and you will see me.
John 16:17 (show verse)
So some of his disciples said to one another, "What is this that he is saying to us, 'A little [while] and you will not see me, and again a little [while] and you will see me,' and 'Because I am going away to the Father'?"
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John 16:18 (show verse)
So they kept on saying, "What is this that he is saying, 'A little [while]'? We do not understand what he is speaking about!"
No Themes for this verse.
John 16:19 (show verse)
Jesus knew that they were wanting to ask him, and he said to them, "Are you deliberating with one another about this--that I said, 'A little [while], and you will not see me, and again a little [while] and you will see me'?
John 16:20 (show verse)
Truly, truly I say to you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will become sorrowful, but your sorrow will change to joy.
John 16:21 (show verse)
A woman, when she gives birth, experiences pain because her hour has come. But when [her] child is born, she no longer remembers the affliction, on account of the joy that a human being has been born into the world.
John 16:22 (show verse)
So you also are experiencing sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy from you.
John 16:23 (show verse)
And on that day you will ask me nothing. Truly, truly I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.
John 16:24 (show verse)
Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
John 16:25 (show verse)
"I have said these [things] to you in figurative sayings. An hour is coming when I will speak to you in figurative sayings no longer, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.
John 16:26 (show verse)
On 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 16:27 (show verse)
For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.
John 16:28 (show verse)
I have gone out from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and am going to the Father."
John 16:29 (show verse)
His disciples said, "Behold, now you are speaking {plainly} and are telling [us] no figurative saying!
John 16:30 (show verse)
Now we know that you know everything and do not {need for} anyone to ask you [questions]. By this we believe that you have come from God."
John 16:31 (show verse)
Jesus replied to them, "Now do you believe?
John 16:32 (show verse)
Behold, an hour is coming--and has come--that you will be scattered each one to his own [home], and you will leave me alone. And I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
John 16:33 (show verse)
I have said these [things] to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction, but have courage! I have conquered the world."