John 16

¹'These things I have spoken to you, that ye may not be stumbled,

²out of the synagogues they will put you; but an hour doth come, that every one who hath killed you, may think to offer service unto God;

³and these things they will do to you, because they did not know the Father, nor me.

⁴'But these things I have spoken to you, that when the hour may come, ye may remember them, that I said [them] to you, and these things to you from the beginning I did not say, because I was with you;

⁵and now I go away to Him who sent me, and none of you doth ask me, Whither dost thou go?

⁶but because these things I have said to you, the sorrow hath filled your heart.

⁷'But I tell you the truth; it is better for you that I go away, for if I may not go away, the Comforter will not come unto you, and if I go on, I will send Him unto you;

⁸and having come, He will convict the world concerning sin, and concerning righteousness, and concerning judgment;

⁹concerning sin indeed, because they do not believe in me;

¹⁰and concerning righteousness, because unto my Father I go away, and no more do ye behold me;

¹¹and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world hath been judged.

¹²'I have yet many things to say to you, but ye are not able to bear [them] now;

¹³and when He may come — the Spirit of truth — He will guide you to all the truth, for He will not speak from Himself, but as many things as He will hear He will speak, and the coming things He will tell you;