John 16:1-9

1 "I have told you these things to keep you from giving up.

2 People will put you out of their synagogues. Yes, the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are offering service to God.

3 They will do this because they have not known the Father and they have not known me.

4 I have told you these things now so that when the time comes you will remember that I warned you. "I did not tell you these things at the beginning, because I was with you then.

5 Now I am going back to the One who sent me. But none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?'

6 Your hearts are filled with sadness because I have told you these things.

7 But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go away. When I go away, I will send the Helper to you. If I do not go away, the Helper will not come.

8 When the Helper comes, he will prove to the people of the world the truth about sin, about being right with God, and about judgment.

9 He will prove to them that sin is not believing in me.