John 15:18-16:24

New American Standard Bible

Disciples’ Relation to the World

¹⁸“^(A)If the world hates you, ^[a]you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. ¹⁹If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but ^(B)I chose you out of the world, ^(C)because of this the world hates you. ²⁰Remember the word that I said to you, ‘^(D)A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, ^(E)they will persecute you as well; if they ^(F)followed My word, they will follow yours also. ²¹But all these things they will do to you ^(G)on account of My name, ^(H)because they do not know the One who sent Me. ²²^(I)If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have ^[b]sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. ²³The one who hates Me hates My Father also. ²⁴^(J)If I had not done among them ^(K)the works which no one else did, they would not have ^[c]sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well. ²⁵But this has happened so that the word that is written in their ^(L)Law will be fulfilled: ‘^(M)They hated Me for no reason.’

²⁶“When the ^[d]^(N)Helper comes, ^(O)whom I will send to you from the Father, namely, ^(P)the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, ^(Q)He will testify about Me, ²⁷and ^[e]^(R)you are testifying as well, because you have been with Me ^(S)from the beginning.

Jesus’ Warning

16 “^(T)These things I have spoken to you so that you will not ^[f]be ^(U)led into sin. ²They will ^[g]^(V)ban you from the synagogue, yet ^(W)an hour is coming for everyone ^(X)who kills you to think that he is offering a ^[h]service to God. ³These things they will do ^(Y)because they have not known the Father nor Me. ⁴But these things I have spoken to you, ^(Z)so that when their hour comes, you ^[i]may remember that I told you of them. However, I did not say these things to you ^(AA)at the beginning, because I was with you.

The Holy Spirit Promised

⁵“But now ^(AB)I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, ‘^(AC)Where are You going?’ ⁶But because I have said these things to you, ^(AD)grief has filled your heart. ⁷But I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I am leaving; for if I do not leave, the ^[j]^(AE)Helper will not come to you; but if I go, ^(AF)I will send Him to you. ⁸And He, when He comes, will convict the world regarding sin, and righteousness, and judgment: ⁹regarding sin, ^(AG)because they do not believe in Me; ¹⁰and regarding ^(AH)righteousness, because ^(AI)I am going to the Father and you no longer are going to see Me; ¹¹^(AJ)and regarding 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 at the present time. ¹³But when He, ^(AK)the Spirit of truth, comes, He will ^(AL)guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. ¹⁴He will ^(AM)glorify Me, for He will take from Mine and will disclose it to you. ¹⁵^(AN)All things that the Father has are Mine; this is why I said that He takes from Mine and will disclose it to you.

Jesus’ Death and Resurrection Foretold

¹⁶“^(AO)A little while, and ^(AP)you no longer are going to see Me; and again a little while, and ^(AQ)you will see Me.” ¹⁷So some of His disciples said to one another, “What is this that He is telling us, ‘^(AR)A little while, and you are not going to see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’; and, ‘because ^(AS)I am going to the Father’?” ¹⁸So they were saying, “What is this that He says, ‘A little while’? We do not know what He is talking about.” ¹⁹^(AT)Jesus knew that they wanted to question Him, and He said to them, “Are you deliberating together about this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you are not going to see Me, and again a little while, and you will see Me’? ²⁰Truly, truly I say to you that ^(AU)you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but ^(AV)your grief will be turned into joy! ²¹^(AW)Whenever a woman is in labor she has ^[k]pain, 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 ^[l]child has been born into the world. ²²Therefore ^(AX)you too have grief now; but ^(AY)I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one is going to take your joy away from you.

Prayer Promises

²³And ^(AZ)on that day ^(BA)you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly I say to you, ^(BB)if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you. ²⁴^(BC)Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your ^(BD)joy may be made full.