Thematic Bible
John 16:1 (show verse)
I have told you all this, to keep you from being repelled.
John 16:2 (show verse)
They will excommunicate you; indeed the time is coming when anyone who kills you will imagine he is performing a service to God.
John 16:3 (show verse)
This they will do to you, because they have not known the Father nor me.
John 16:4 (show verse)
I have told you all this, so that when the time for it arrives, you may remember what I said to you. I did not tell you about this at the beginning, because I was with you then;
John 16:5 (show verse)
but now I am going to him who sent me. And yet not one of you asks, 'Where are you going?'
John 16:6 (show verse)
No, your heart is full of sorrow at what I have told you.
John 16:7 (show verse)
Yet ??I am telling you the truth ??my going is for your good. If I do not depart, the Helper will not come to you; whereas if I go, I will send him to you.
John 16:8 (show verse)
And when he comes, he will convict the world, convincing men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment:
John 16:9 (show verse)
of sin, because they do not believe in me;
John 16:10 (show verse)
of righteousness, because I go to the Father and you see me no more;
John 16:11 (show verse)
of judgment, because the Prince of this world has been judged.
John 16:12 (show verse)
I have still much to say to you, but you cannot bear it just now.
John 16:13 (show verse)
However, when the Spirit of truth comes, he will lead you into all the truth; for he will not speak of his own accord, he will say whatever he is told, and he will disclose to you what is to come.
John 16:14 (show verse)
He will glorify me, for he will draw upon what is mine and disclose it to you.
John 16:15 (show verse)
All that the Father has is mine; that is why I say, 'he will draw upon what is mine and disclose it to you.'
John 16:16 (show verse)
In a little while, you will behold me no longer; then, after a little, you shall see me."
John 16:17 (show verse)
So some of his disciples said to one another, "What does he mean by telling us, 'In a little while, you will behold me no longer; then, after a little, you shall see me'? and, 'I go to the Father'?"
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John 16:18 (show verse)
They said, "What is the meaning of 'In a little'? We do not understand what he is saying."
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John 16:19 (show verse)
Jesus knew they wanted to ask him; so he said to them, "Is this what you are discussing together, why I said, 'In a little while, you will not see me: then, after a little, you shall see me'?
John 16:20 (show verse)
Truly, truly I tell you, you will be wailing and lamenting while the world is rejoicing; you will be sorrowful, but then your sorrow will be changed into joy.
John 16:21 (show verse)
When a woman is in labour she is sorry, for her time has come; but when the child is born she remembers her anguish no longer, for joy that a human being has been born into the world:
John 16:22 (show verse)
So with you. Just now you are in sorrow, but I shall see you again and your heart will rejoice ??with a joy that no one can take from you.
John 16:23 (show verse)
And on that day you will not ask me any questions. Truly, truly I tell you, whatever you ask the Father, he will give you in my name;
John 16:24 (show verse)
hitherto you have asked nothing in my name; ask and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
John 16:25 (show verse)
I have told you this in figures, but the time is coming when I shall speak to you in figures no longer; I shall let you know 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 I will ask the Father on your behalf;
John 16:27 (show verse)
for the Father loves you himself, because you have loved me and believed that I came forth from God.
John 16:28 (show verse)
From the Father I came and I entered the world; again, I leave the world and I go to the Father."
John 16:29 (show verse)
His disciples said, "Now, you are talking plainly at last, not speaking in figures.
John 16:30 (show verse)
Now we are sure you know everything, and need no one to put questions to you. This makes us believe you have come forth from God."
John 16:31 (show verse)
Jesus replied, "You believe it, at last?
John 16:32 (show verse)
Behold, the time is coming, it has come already, when you will be scattered to your homes, everyone of you, leaving me alone. But I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
John 16:33 (show verse)
I have said all this to you that in me you may have peace; in the world you have trouble, but courage! I have conquered the world.