John 15:21-16:4

English Standard Version

²¹ But ^(A)all these things they will do to you ^(B)on account of my name, ^(C)because they do not know him who sent me. ²² If I had not come and spoken to them, ^(D)they would not have been guilty of sin,^[a] but now they have no excuse for their sin. ^23 (E)Whoever hates me hates my Father also. ^24 (F)If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, ^(G)they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have ^(H)seen and hated both me and my Father. ²⁵ But ^(I)the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ^(J)‘They hated me without a cause.’

²⁶ “But ^(K)when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, ^(L)he will bear witness about me. ²⁷ And ^(M)you also will bear witness, ^(N)because you have been with me ^(O)from the beginning.

16 “I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. ^2 (P)They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, ^(Q)the hour is coming when ^(R)whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. ³ And they will do these things ^(S)because they have not known the Father, nor me. ⁴ But ^(T)I have said these things to you, that when ^(U)their 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, ^(V)because I was with you.