John 15:18-16:15

English Standard Version

The Hatred of the World

¹⁸^(A)“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. ¹⁹^(B)If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because ^(C)you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. ²⁰Remember the word that I said to you: ^(D)‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, ^(E)they will also persecute you. ^(F)If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. ²¹But ^(G)all these things they will do to you ^(H)on account of my name, ^(I)because they do not know him who sent me. ²²If I had not come and spoken to them, ^(J)they would not have been guilty of sin,^[a] but now they have no excuse for their sin. ²³^(K)Whoever hates me hates my Father also. ²⁴^(L)If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, ^(M)they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have ^(N)seen and hated both me and my Father. ²⁵But ^(O)the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ^(P)‘They hated me without a cause.’

²⁶“But ^(Q)when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, ^(R)he will bear witness about me. ²⁷And ^(S)you also will bear witness, ^(T)because you have been with me ^(U)from the beginning.

16 “I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. ²^(V)They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, ^(W)the hour is coming when ^(X)whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. ³And they will do these things ^(Y)because they have not known the Father, nor me. ⁴But ^(Z)I have said these things to you, that when ^(AA)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, ^(AB)because I was with you. ⁵But now ^(AC)I am going to him who sent me, and ^(AD)none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ ⁶But because I have said these things to you, ^(AE)sorrow has filled your heart. ⁷Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for ^(AF)if I do not go away, ^(AG)the Helper will not come to you. But ^(AH)if ^(AI)I go, ^(AJ)I will send him to you. ⁸^(AK)And when he comes, he will ^(AL)convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: ⁹concerning sin, ^(AM)because they do not believe in me; ¹⁰^(AN)concerning righteousness, ^(AO)because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; ¹¹^(AP)concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world ^(AQ)is judged.

¹²“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. ¹³When ^(AR)the Spirit of truth comes, ^(AS)he will ^(AT)guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but ^(AU)whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. ¹⁴He will ^(AV)glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. ¹⁵^(AW)All that the Father has is mine; ^(AX)therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.