John 16

¹“I have said these things to you so that you wouldn’t be caused to stumble.

²They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.

³They will do these things because they have not known the Father nor me.

⁴But I have told you these things so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.

⁵But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’

⁶But because I have told you these things, sorrow has filled your heart.

⁷Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I don’t go away, the Counselor won’t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.

⁸When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;

⁹about sin, because they don’t believe in me;

¹⁰about righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you won’t see me any more;

¹¹about judgment, because the prince of this world has been judged.

¹²“I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.

¹³However, when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.