John 16:1–15

“I have told you these things to keep you from stumbling. ²They will ban you from the synagogues.^ad In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering service^ae to God. ³They will do these things because they haven’t known^af the Father or me. ⁴But I have told you these things so that when their time^B comes you will remember^ag I told them to you. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you. ⁵But now I am going away^ah to him who sent me, and not one of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’^{ai 6}Yet, because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. ⁷Nevertheless, I am telling you the truth.^aj It is for your benefit that I go away, because if I don’t go away the Counselor will not come to you. If I go, I will send him to you.^{ak 8}When he comes, he will convict the world about sin, righteousness, and judgment: ⁹About sin, because they do not believe in me; ¹⁰about righteousness, because I am going to the Father^al and you will no longer see me; ¹¹and about judgment,^am because the ruler of this world^an has been judged.^ao

¹²“I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.^{ap 13}When the Spirit of truth^aq comes, he will guide you into all the truth.^ar For he will not speak on his own, but he will speak whatever he hears. He will also declare to you what is to come. ¹⁴He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you. ¹⁵Everything the Father^as has is mine.^at This is why I told you that he takes from what is mine and will declare it to you.^au