John 16:1-7

The Work of the Holy Spirit

1 “All this I have told you so that you will not fall away.

2 They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.

3 They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me.

4 I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you,

5 but now I am going to him who sent me. None of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’

6 Rather, you are filled with grief because I have said these things.

7 But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

Cross References

• 1. John 15:18-27
• 2. Matthew 11:6
• 3. John 9:22; John 12:42
• 4. Isaiah 66:5; Acts 26:9,10; Revelation 6:9
• 5. John 15:21; John 17:25; 1 John 3:1
• 6. John 13:19; John 14:29
• 7. John 15:27
• 8. ver 10,17,28; John 7:33
• 9. John 13:36; John 14:5
• 10. ver 22
• 11. John 14:16,26; John 15:26
• 12. John 7:39; John 14:26