26 “When the [a](A)Helper comes, (B)whom I will send to you from the Father, namely, (C)the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, (D)He will testify about Me, 27 and [b](E)you are testifying as well, because you have been with Me (F)from the beginning.

Jesus’ Warning

16 (G)These things I have spoken to you so that you will not [c]be (H)led into sin. They will [d](I)ban you from the synagogue, yet (J)an hour is coming for everyone (K)who kills you to think that he is offering a [e]service to God. These things they will do (L)because they have not known the Father nor Me. But these things I have spoken to you, (M)so that when their hour comes, you [f]may remember that I told you of them. However, I did not say these things to you (N)at the beginning, because I was with you.

Footnotes

  1. John 15:26 Or Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor
  2. John 15:27 Or (command) testify, you as well
  3. John 16:1 Or let yourselves be led; or fall away (in apostasy)
  4. John 16:2 Or excommunicate
  5. John 16:2 I.e., as an act of worship
  6. John 16:4 Or will remember them, that I told you

26 “When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father— the Spirit of Truth, who comes from the Father—he will testify on my behalf. 27 You will testify also, because you have been with me from the beginning.

16 “I have told you this to keep you from falling away.[a] You’ll be thrown out of the synagogues. Yes, a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he’s serving God. They’ll do this because they haven’t known the Father or me. But I’ve told you this, so that when the time comes you’ll remember that I told you about them. I didn’t tell you this in the beginning, because I was still with you.”

Footnotes

  1. John 16:1 Or from stumbling