John 16:1-15.
John 16:1-15 (Good News Translation)
18If the world hates you, just remember that it has hated me
first.
19If you belonged to the world, then the world would love you
as its own. But I chose you from this world, and you do not belong to it;
that is why the world hates you.
20Remember what I told you:
"Slaves are not greater than their master." If people persecuted
me, they will persecute you too; if they obeyed my teaching, they will obey
yours too.
21But they will do all this to you because you are mine; for
they do not know the one who sent me.
22They would not have been guilty of sin if I had not come and
spoken to them; as it is, they no longer have any excuse for their sin.
23Whoever hates me hates my Father also.
24They would not have been guilty of sin if I had not done
among them the things that no one else ever did; as it is, they have seen
what I did, and they hate both me and my Father.
25This, however, was bound to happen so that what is written in
their Law may come true:
"They hated me for no reason at all."
26The Helper will come—the Spirit, who reveals the truth
about God and who comes from the Father. I will send him to you from the
Father, and he will speak about me.
27And you, too, will speak about me, because you have been with
me from the very beginning.
1I have told you this, so that you will not give up your faith.
2You will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time will
come when those who kill you will think that by doing this they are
serving God.
3People will do these things to you because they have not known
either the Father or me.
4But I have told you this, so that when the time comes for them
to do these things, you will remember what I told you.
I did not tell you these things at the beginning, for I was with
you.
5But now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me
where I am going.
6And now that I have told you, your hearts are full of sadness.
7But I am telling you the truth: it is better for you that I go
away, because if I do not go, the Helper will not come to you. But if I do
go away, then I will send him to you.
8And when he comes, he will prove to the people of the world
that they are wrong about sin and about what is right and about God's
judgment.
9They are wrong about sin, because they do not believe in me;
10they are wrong about what is right, because I am going to the
Father and you will not see me any more;
11and they are wrong about judgment, because the ruler of this
world has already been judged.
12I have much more to tell you, but now it would be too much
for you to bear.
13When, however, the Spirit comes, who reveals the truth about
God, he will lead you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own
authority, but he will speak of what he hears and will tell you of things
to come.
14He will give me glory, because he will take what I say and
tell it to you.
15All that my Father has is mine; that is why I said that the
Spirit will take what I give him and tell it to you.
God bless you.
18If the world hates you, just remember that it has hated me
first.
19If you belonged to the world, then the world would love you
as its own. But I chose you from this world, and you do not belong to it;
that is why the world hates you.
20Remember what I told you:
"Slaves are not greater than their master." If people persecuted
me, they will persecute you too; if they obeyed my teaching, they will obey
yours too.
21But they will do all this to you because you are mine; for
they do not know the one who sent me.
22They would not have been guilty of sin if I had not come and
spoken to them; as it is, they no longer have any excuse for their sin.
23Whoever hates me hates my Father also.
24They would not have been guilty of sin if I had not done
among them the things that no one else ever did; as it is, they have seen
what I did, and they hate both me and my Father.
25This, however, was bound to happen so that what is written in
their Law may come true:
"They hated me for no reason at all."
26The Helper will come—the Spirit, who reveals the truth
about God and who comes from the Father. I will send him to you from the
Father, and he will speak about me.
27And you, too, will speak about me, because you have been with
me from the very beginning.
1I have told you this, so that you will not give up your faith.
2You will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time will
come when those who kill you will think that by doing this they are
serving God.
3People will do these things to you because they have not known
either the Father or me.
4But I have told you this, so that when the time comes for them
to do these things, you will remember what I told you.
I did not tell you these things at the beginning, for I was with
you.
5But now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me
where I am going.
6And now that I have told you, your hearts are full of sadness.
7But I am telling you the truth: it is better for you that I go
away, because if I do not go, the Helper will not come to you. But if I do
go away, then I will send him to you.
8And when he comes, he will prove to the people of the world
that they are wrong about sin and about what is right and about God's
judgment.
9They are wrong about sin, because they do not believe in me;
10they are wrong about what is right, because I am going to the
Father and you will not see me any more;
11and they are wrong about judgment, because the ruler of this
world has already been judged.
12I have much more to tell you, but now it would be too much
for you to bear.
13When, however, the Spirit comes, who reveals the truth about
God, he will lead you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own
authority, but he will speak of what he hears and will tell you of things
to come.
14He will give me glory, because he will take what I say and
tell it to you.
15All that my Father has is mine; that is why I said that the
Spirit will take what I give him and tell it to you.
God bless you.
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