John 15:18–16:15

If the World Hates You

¹⁸“^aIf the world hates you, ¹know that it has hated Me before it hated you.

¹⁹“If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but ^aI chose you out of the world, ^bbecause of this the world hates you.

²⁰“Remember the word that I said to you, ‘^aA slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, ^bthey will also persecute you; if they ^ckept My word, they will keep yours also.

²¹“But all these things they will do to you ^afor My name’s sake, ^bbecause they do not know the One who sent Me.

²²“^aIf I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have ¹sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.

²³“He who hates Me hates My Father also.

²⁴“^aIf I had not done among them ^bthe works which no one else did, they would not have ¹sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well.

²⁵“But this happened to fulfill the word that is written in their ^aLaw, ‘^bThey hated Me without cause.’

²⁶“When the ^1aAdvocate comes, ^bwhom I will send to you from the Father, ^cthe Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, ^dHe will bear witness about Me,

²⁷¹and ^ayou will bear witness also, because you have been with Me ^bfrom the beginning.

CHAPTER 16

Jesus’ Warning

¹“^aThese things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from ^bstumbling.

²“They will ^aput you out of the synagogue, but ^ban hour is coming for everyone ^cwho kills you to think that he is offering service to God.

³“These things they will do ^abecause they did not know the Father or Me.

⁴“But these things I have spoken to you, ^aso that when their hour comes, you ¹may remember that I told you of them. These things I did not say to you ^bat the beginning, because I was with you.

The Spirit Is Promised Again

⁵“But now ^aI am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, ‘^bWhere are You going?’

⁶“But because I have said these things to you, ^asorrow has filled your heart.

⁷“But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the ^1aAdvocate will not come to you; but if I go, ^bI will send Him to you.

⁸“And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment;

⁹concerning sin, ^abecause they do not believe in Me;

¹⁰and concerning ^arighteousness, because ^bI go to the Father and you no longer see Me;

^11aand concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

¹²“I still have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

¹³“But when He, ^athe Spirit of truth, comes, He will ^bguide you into all the truth; for He will not speak from Himself, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.

¹⁴“He will ^aglorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you.

¹⁵“^aAll things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose it to you.