John 15:18–18:40

Disciples’ Relation to the World

18 “aIf the world hates you, 1you know 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 they have done this to fulfill the word that is written in their aLaw, ‘bThey hated Me without a cause.’

26 “When the 1aHelper comes, bwhom I will send to you from the Father, that is cthe Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, dHe will testify about Me,

27 1and ayou will testify 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 “1They will amake you outcasts from 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 have not known 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 Holy Spirit Promised

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 1aHelper 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;

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

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

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

12 “I 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 on His own initiative, 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.

Jesus’ Death and Resurrection Foretold

16 “aA little while, and byou will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and cyou will see Me.”

17 Some of His disciples then said to one another, “What is this thing He is telling us, ‘aA little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’; and, ‘because bI go to the Father’?”

18 So they were saying, “What is this that He says, ‘A little while’? We do not know what He is talking about.”

19 aJesus knew that they wished to question Him, and He said to them, “Are you deliberating together about this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you will not see Me, and again a little while, and you will see Me’?

20 “Truly, truly, I say to you, that ayou will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but byour grief will be turned into joy.

21 “aWhenever a woman is in labor she has 1pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a 2child has been born into the world.

22 “Therefore ayou too have grief now; but bI will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

Prayer Promises

23 “aIn that day byou will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly, I say to you, cif you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you.

24 “aUntil now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your bjoy may be made full.

25 “These things I have spoken to you in 1afigurative language; ban hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in 1figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father.

26 “aIn that day byou will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf;

27 for athe Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and bhave believed that cI came forth from the Father.

28 “aI came forth from the Father and have come into the world; I am leaving the world again and bgoing to the Father.”

29 His disciples * said, “Lo, now You are speaking plainly and are not 1using aa figure of speech.

30 “Now we know that You know all things, and have no need for anyone to question You; by this we abelieve that You bcame from God.”

31 Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe?

32 “Behold, aan hour is coming, and has already come, for byou to be scattered, each to chis own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet dI am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

33 “These things I have spoken to you, so that ain Me you may have peace. bIn the world you have tribulation, but ctake courage; dI have overcome the world.”

Chapter 17

The High Priestly Prayer

1 Jesus spoke these things; and alifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; bglorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You,

2 even as aYou gave Him authority over all flesh, that bto 1all whom You have given Him, cHe may give eternal life.

3 “This is eternal life, that they may know You, athe only true God, and Jesus Christ whom bYou have sent.

4 “aI glorified You on the earth, 1bhaving accomplished the work which You have given Me to do.

5 “Now, Father, aglorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had bwith You before the world was.

6 “aI have manifested Your name to the men whom bYou gave Me out of the world; they were cYours and You gave them to Me, and they have dkept Your word.

7 “Now they have come to know that everything You have given Me is from You;

8 for athe words which You gave Me bI have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that cI came forth from You, and they believed that dYou sent Me.

9 “aI ask on their behalf; bI do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom cYou have given Me; for dthey are Yours;

10 and aall things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them.

11 “I am no longer in the world; and yet athey themselves are in the world, and bI come to You. cHoly Father, keep them in Your name, the name dwhich You have given Me, that ethey may be one even as We are.

12 “While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name awhich You have given Me; and I guarded them and bnot one of them perished but cthe 1son of perdition, so that the dScripture would be fulfilled.

The Disciples in the World

13 “But now aI come to You; and bthese things I speak in the world so that they may have My cjoy made full in themselves.

14 “I have given them Your word; and athe world has hated them, because bthey are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

15 “I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them 1from 2athe evil one.

16 “aThey are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

17 “aSanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.

18 “As aYou sent Me into the world, bI also have sent them into the world.

19 “For their sakes I asanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be bsanctified cin truth.

20 “I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word;

21 that they may all be one; aeven as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, bso that the world may 1believe that cYou sent Me.

Their Future Glory

22 “The aglory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one;

23 aI in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected 1in unity, so that the world may 2know that bYou sent Me, and cloved them, even as You have loved Me.

24 “Father, I desire that athey also, whom You have given Me, bbe with Me where I am, so that they may see My cglory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before dthe foundation of the world.

25 “O arighteous Father, 1although bthe world has not known You, yet I have known You; and these have known that cYou sent Me;

26 and aI have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that bthe love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

Chapter 18

Judas Betrays Jesus

1 When Jesus had spoken these words, aHe went forth with His disciples over bthe 1ravine of the Kidron, where there was ca garden, in which He entered 2with His disciples.

2 Now Judas also, who was 1betraying Him, knew the place, for Jesus had aoften met there with His disciples.

3 aJudas then, having received bthe Roman 1cohort and cofficers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, * came there with lanterns and dtorches and weapons.

4 So Jesus, aknowing all the things that were coming upon Him, went forth and * said to them, “bWhom do you seek?”

5 They answered Him, “Jesus the Nazarene.” He * said to them, “I am He.” And Judas also, who was betraying Him, was standing with them.

6 So when He said to them, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

7 Therefore He again asked them, “aWhom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.”

8 Jesus answered, “I told you that I am He; so if you seek Me, let these go their way,”

9 to fulfill the word which He spoke, “aOf those whom You have given Me I lost not one.”

10 Simon Peter then, ahaving a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s slave, and cut off his right ear; and the slave’s name was Malchus.

11 So …