32 (A)[a]Behold, the hour cometh, and is already come, that ye shall be scattered every man into his own, and shall leave me alone: But I am not alone: for the Father is with me.

33 [b]These things have I spoken unto you, that [c]in me ye might have peace: in the world ye shall have affliction, but be of good comfort: I have overcome the world.

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Footnotes

  1. John 16:32 Neither the wickedness of the world, neither the weakness of his own can diminish anything of the virtue of Christ.
  2. John 16:33 The surety and stay of the Church dependeth only upon the victory of Christ.
  3. John 16:33 That in me you might be thoroughly quieted. For by (peace) is meant in this place, that quiet state of mind, which is clean contrary to disquietness and heaviness.

32 “A time is coming(A) and in fact has come when you will be scattered,(B) each to your own home. You will leave me all alone.(C) Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.(D)

33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.(E) In this world you will have trouble.(F) But take heart! I have overcome(G) the world.”

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