John 15:26-16:16

New International Version

The Work of the Holy Spirit

²⁶ “When the Advocate^(A) comes, whom I will send to you from the Father^(B)—the Spirit of truth^(C) who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.^{(D) 27} And you also must testify,^(E) for you have been with me from the beginning.^(F)

16 “All this^(G) I have told you so that you will not fall away.^{(H) 2} They will put you out of the synagogue;^(I) in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.^{(J) 3} They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me.^{(K) 4} I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember^(L) that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you,^{(M) 5} but now I am going to him who sent me.^(N) None of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’^{(O) 6} Rather, you are filled with grief^(P) because I have said these things. ⁷ But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate^(Q) will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.^{(R) 8} When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: ⁹ about sin,^(S) because people do not believe in me; ¹⁰ about righteousness,^(T) because I am going to the Father,^(U) where you can see me no longer; ¹¹ and about judgment, because the prince of this world^(V) now stands condemned.

¹² “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear.^{(W) 13} But when he, the Spirit of truth,^(X) comes, he will guide you into all the truth.^(Y) He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. ¹⁴ He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you. ¹⁵ All that belongs to the Father is mine.^(Z) That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you.”

The Disciples’ Grief Will Turn to Joy

¹⁶ Jesus went on to say, “In a little while^(AA) you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.”^(AB)