33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

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33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.(A) In this world you will have trouble.(B) But take heart! I have overcome(C) the world.”

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27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

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27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.(A) I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled(B) and do not be afraid.

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For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

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for everyone born of God(A) overcomes(B) the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.

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16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.

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Final Greetings

16 Now may the Lord of peace(A) himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.(B)

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Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

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You, dear children,(A) are from God and have overcome them,(B) because the one who is in you(C) is greater than the one who is in the world.(D)

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And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

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And the peace of God,(A) which transcends all understanding,(B) will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

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14 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

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Jesus Comforts His Disciples

14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled.(A) You believe(B) in God[a];(C) believe also in me.

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Footnotes

  1. John 14:1 Or Believe in God

12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

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12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,(A)

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Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

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Resist him,(A) standing firm in the faith,(B) because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.(C)

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22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

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22 strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith.(A) “We must go through many hardships(B) to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.

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36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

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36 As it is written:

“For your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”[a](A)

37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors(B) through him who loved us.(C)

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  1. Romans 8:36 Psalm 44:22

11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

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11 They triumphed over(A) him
    by the blood of the Lamb(B)
    and by the word of their testimony;(C)
they did not love their lives so much
    as to shrink from death.(D)

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18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.

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The World Hates the Disciples

18 “If the world hates you,(A) keep in mind that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you(B) out of the world. That is why the world hates you.(C) 20 Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’[a](D) If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also.(E) If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. 21 They will treat you this way because of my name,(F) for they do not know the one who sent me.(G)

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  1. John 15:20 John 13:16