John 15:26-16:15

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Coming Testimony and Rejection

²⁶ “When the Counselor^(A) comes, the One I will send to you from the Father^(B)—the Spirit of truth^(C) who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me. ²⁷ You also will testify,^(D) because you have been with Me from the beginning.

16 “I have told you these things to keep you from stumbling. ² They will ban you from the synagogues.^(E) In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering service^(F) to God. ³ They will do these things because they haven’t known^(G) the Father or Me. ⁴ But I have told you these things so that when their time^[a] comes you may remember^(H) I told them to you. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.

The Counselor’s Ministry

⁵ “But now I am going away^(I) to Him who sent Me, and not one of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’^{(J) 6} Yet, because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. ⁷ Nevertheless, I am telling you the truth.^(K) 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.^{(L) 8} When He comes, He will convict the world about sin, righteousness, and judgment: ⁹ About sin, because they do not believe in Me; ¹⁰ about righteousness, because I am going to the Father^(M) and you will no longer see Me; ¹¹ and about judgment,^(N) because the ruler of this world^(O) has been judged.^(P)

¹² “I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.^{(Q) 13} When the Spirit of truth^(R) comes, He will guide you into all the truth.^(S) 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. ¹⁴ He will glorify Me, because He will take from what is Mine and declare it to you. ¹⁵ Everything the Father^(T) has is Mine.^(U) This is why I told you that He takes from what is Mine and will declare it to you.^(V)