John 15:26-16:33

English Standard Version

²⁶“But ^(A)when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, ^(B)he will bear witness about me. ²⁷And ^(C)you also will bear witness, ^(D)because you have been with me ^(E)from the beginning.

16 “I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. ²^(F)They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, ^(G)the hour is coming when ^(H)whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. ³And they will do these things ^(I)because they have not known the Father, nor me. ⁴But ^(J)I have said these things to you, that when ^(K)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, ^(L)because I was with you. ⁵But now ^(M)I am going to him who sent me, and ^(N)none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ ⁶But because I have said these things to you, ^(O)sorrow has filled your heart. ⁷Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for ^(P)if I do not go away, ^(Q)the Helper will not come to you. But ^(R)if ^(S)I go, ^(T)I will send him to you. ⁸^(U)And when he comes, he will ^(V)convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: ⁹concerning sin, ^(W)because they do not believe in me; ¹⁰^(X)concerning righteousness, ^(Y)because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; ¹¹^(Z)concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world ^(AA)is judged.

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

Your Sorrow Will Turn into Joy

¹⁶^(AI)“A little while, and you will see me no longer; and ^(AJ)again a little while, and you will see me.” ¹⁷So ^(AK)some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ^(AL)‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and, ^(AM)‘because I am going to the Father’?” ¹⁸So they were saying, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? ^(AN)We do not know what he is talking about.” ¹⁹^(AO)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’? ²⁰Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(AP)you will weep and lament, but ^(AQ)the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but ^(AR)your sorrow will turn into joy. ²¹^(AS)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^(AT)So also you have sorrow now, but ^(AU)I will see you again, and ^(AV)your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. ²³^(AW)In that day you will ^(AX)ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(AY)whatever you ask of the Father in my name, ^(AZ)he will give it to you. ²⁴Until now you have asked nothing in my name. ^(BA)Ask, and you will receive, ^(BB)that your joy may be full.

I Have Overcome the World

²⁵“I have said these things to you in figures of speech. ^(BC)The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father. ²⁶In 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^(BD)for the Father himself loves you, because ^(BE)you have loved me and ^(BF)have believed that I came from God.^[a] ²⁸^(BG)I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now ^(BH)I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”

²⁹His disciples said, “Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not ^(BI)using figurative speech! ³⁰Now we know that ^(BJ)you know all things and do not need anyone to question you; this is why we believe that ^(BK)you came from God.” ³¹Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe? ³²Behold, ^(BL)the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when ^(BM)you will be scattered, each to his own home, and ^(BN)will leave me alone. ^(BO)Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me. ³³I have said these things to you, that ^(BP)in me you may have peace. ^(BQ)In the world you will have ^(BR)tribulation. But ^(BS)take heart; ^(BT)I have overcome the world.”