The Hatred of the World

^18 (A)“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. ^19 (B)If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because ^(C)you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. ²⁰ Remember the word that I said to you: ^(D)‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, ^(E)they will also persecute you. ^(F)If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. ²¹ But ^(G)all these things they will do to you ^(H)on account of my name, ^(I)because they do not know him who sent me. ²² If I had not come and spoken to them, ^(J)they would not have been guilty of sin,^[a] but now they have no excuse for their sin. ^23 (K)Whoever hates me hates my Father also. ^24 (L)If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, ^(M)they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have ^(N)seen and hated both me and my Father. ²⁵ But ^(O)the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ^(P)‘They hated me without a cause.’

²⁶ “But ^(Q)when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, ^(R)he will bear witness about me. ²⁷ And ^(S)you also will bear witness, ^(T)because you have been with me ^(U)from the beginning.

16 “I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. ^2 (V)They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, ^(W)the hour is coming when ^(X)whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. ³ And they will do these things ^(Y)because they have not known the Father, nor me. ⁴ But ^(Z)I have said these things to you, that when ^(AA)their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

“I did not say these things to you from the beginning, ^(AB)because I was with you. ⁵ But now ^(AC)I am going to him who sent me, and ^(AD)none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ ⁶ But because I have said these things to you, ^(AE)sorrow has filled your heart. ⁷ Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for ^(AF)if I do not go away, ^(AG)the Helper will not come to you. But ^(AH)if ^(AI)I go, ^(AJ)I will send him to you. ^8 (AK)And when he comes, he will ^(AL)convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: ⁹ concerning sin, ^(AM)because they do not believe in me; ^10 (AN)concerning righteousness, ^(AO)because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; ^11 (AP)concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world ^(AQ)is judged.

¹² “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. ¹³ When ^(AR)the Spirit of truth comes, ^(AS)he will ^(AT)guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but ^(AU)whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. ¹⁴ He will ^(AV)glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. ^15 (AW)All that the Father has is mine; ^(AX)therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

Your Sorrow Will Turn into Joy

^16 (AY)“A little while, and you will see me no longer; and ^(AZ)again a little while, and you will see me.” ¹⁷ So ^(BA)some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ^(BB)‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and, ^(BC)‘because I am going to the Father’?” ¹⁸ So they were saying, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? ^(BD)We do not know what he is talking about.” ^19 (BE)Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, “Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’? ²⁰ Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(BF)you will weep and lament, but ^(BG)the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but ^(BH)your sorrow will turn into joy. ^21 (BI)When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. ^22 (BJ)So also you have sorrow now, but ^(BK)I will see you again, and ^(BL)your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. ^23 (BM)In that day you will ^(BN)ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(BO)whatever you ask of the Father in my name, ^(BP)he will give it to you. ²⁴ Until now you have asked nothing in my name. ^(BQ)Ask, and you will receive, ^(BR)that your joy may be full.

I Have Overcome the World

²⁵ “I have said these things to you in figures of speech. ^(BS)The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father. ²⁶ In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf; ^27 (BT)for the Father himself loves you, because ^(BU)you have loved me and ^(BV)have believed that I came from God.^{[b] 28 (BW)}I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now ^(BX)I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”

²⁹ His disciples said, “Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not ^(BY)using figurative speech! ³⁰ Now we know that ^(BZ)you know all things and do not need anyone to question you; this is why we believe that ^(CA)you came from God.” ³¹ Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe? ³² Behold, ^(CB)the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when ^(CC)you will be scattered, each to his own home, and ^(CD)will leave me alone. ^(CE)Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me. ³³ I have said these things to you, that ^(CF)in me you may have peace. ^(CG)In the world you will have ^(CH)tribulation. But ^(CI)take heart; ^(CJ)I have overcome the world.”