John 16John16

Berean Standard BibleKing James Version

1. Persecution Foretold

   (Acts 23:12–22)

2. 1BSB“I have told you these things so that you will not fall away.KJVKJV: These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
3. 2BSBThey will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.KJVKJV: They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
4. 3BSBThey will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.KJVKJV: And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
5. 4BSBBut I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.KJVKJV: But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.

6. The Promise of the Holy Spirit

   (John 14:15–26)

7. 5BSBNow, however, I am going to Him who sent Me; yet none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’KJVKJV: But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
8. 6BSBInstead, your hearts are filled with sorrow because I have told you these things.KJVKJV: But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
9. 7BSBBut I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.KJVKJV: Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
10. 8BSBAnd when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:KJVKJV: And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
11. 9BSBin regard to sin, because they do not believe in Me;KJVKJV: Of sin, because they believe not on me;
12. 10BSBin regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see Me;KJVKJV: Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
13. 11BSBand in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.KJVKJV: Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
14. 12BSBI still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.KJVKJV: I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
15. 13BSBHowever, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.KJVKJV: Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
16. 14BSBHe will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.KJVKJV: He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
17. 15BSBEverything that belongs to the Father is Mine. That is why I said that the Spirit will take from what is Mine and disclose it to you.KJVKJV: All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
18. 16BSBIn a little while you will see Me no more, and then after a little while you will see Me.”KJVKJV: A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.

19. Grief Will Turn to Joy

20. 17BSBThen some of His disciples asked one another, “Why is He telling us, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”KJVKJV: Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?
21. 18BSBThey kept asking, “Why is He saying, ‘a little while’? We do not understand what He is saying.”KJVKJV: They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.
22. 19BSBAware that they wanted to question Him, Jesus said to them, “Are you asking one another why I said, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’?KJVKJV: Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?
23. 20BSBTruly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.KJVKJV: Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
24. 21BSBA woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.KJVKJV: A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
25. 22BSBSo also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.KJVKJV: And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

26. Ask in My Name

    (Matthew 18:19–20)

27. 23BSBIn that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.KJVKJV: And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
28. 24BSBUntil now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.KJVKJV: Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
29. 25BSBI have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.KJVKJV: These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
30. 26BSBIn that day you will ask in My name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.KJVKJV: At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:
31. 27BSBFor the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.KJVKJV: For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
32. 28BSBI came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”KJVKJV: I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
33. 29BSBHis disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures of speech.KJVKJV: His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
34. 30BSBNow we understand that You know all things and that You have no need for anyone to question You. Because of this, we believe that You came from God.”KJVKJV: Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.
35. 31BSB“Do you finally believe?” Jesus replied.KJVKJV: Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?
36. 32BSB“Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.KJVKJV: Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
37. 33BSBI have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”KJVKJV: These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.