John 16:1–9
1“I have said these things to you so that you wouldn’t be caused to stumble.↗
2They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.↗
3They will do these things because they have not known the Father nor me.↗
4But I have told you these things so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.↗
5But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’↗
6But because I have told you these things, sorrow has filled your heart.↗
7Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I don’t go away, the Counselor won’t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.↗
8When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;↗
9about sin, because they don’t believe in me;↗
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