John 15:18–16:15

The Hatred of the World

^18d“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. ^19eIf you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because ^fyou are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. ²⁰Remember the word that I said to you: ^g‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, ^hthey will also persecute you. ⁱIf they kept my word, they will also keep yours. ²¹But ^jall these things they will do to you ^kon account of my name, ^lbecause they do not know him who sent me. ²²If I had not come and spoken to them, ^mthey would not have been guilty of sin,³ but now they have no excuse for their sin. ²³ⁿWhoever hates me hates my Father also. ^24oIf I had not done among them the works that no one else did, ^mthey would not be guilty of sin, but now they have ^pseen and hated both me and my Father. ²⁵But ^qthe word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ^r‘They hated me without a cause.’

²⁶“But ^swhen the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, ^the will bear witness about me. ²⁷And ^uyou also will bear witness, ^vbecause you have been with me ^wfrom the beginning.

16“I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. ^2xThey will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, ^ythe hour is coming when ^zwhoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. ³And they will do these things ^abecause they have not known the Father, nor me. ⁴But ^bI have said these things to you, that when ^ctheir hour comes you may remember that I told them to you.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

“I did not say these things to you from the beginning, ^dbecause I was with you. ⁵But now ^eI am going to him who sent me, and ^fnone of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ ⁶But because I have said these things to you, ^gsorrow has filled your heart. ⁷Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for ^hif I do not go away, ⁱthe Helper will not come to you. But ^jif ^kI go, ^lI will send him to you. ^8mAnd when he comes, he will ⁿconvict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: ⁹concerning sin, ^obecause they do not believe in me; ^10pconcerning righteousness, ^qbecause I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; ^11rconcerning judgment, because the ruler of this world ^sis judged.

¹²“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. ¹³When ^tthe Spirit of truth comes, ^uhe will ^vguide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but ^wwhatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. ¹⁴He will ^xglorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. ^15yAll that the Father has is mine; ^ztherefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.