John 16-17

English Standard Version

16 “I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. ^2 (A)They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, ^(B)the hour is coming when ^(C)whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. ³ And they will do these things ^(D)because they have not known the Father, nor me. ⁴ But ^(E)I have said these things to you, that when ^(F)their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

“I did not say these things to you from the beginning, ^(G)because I was with you. ⁵ But now ^(H)I am going to him who sent me, and ^(I)none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ ⁶ But because I have said these things to you, ^(J)sorrow has filled your heart. ⁷ Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for ^(K)if I do not go away, ^(L)the Helper will not come to you. But ^(M)if ^(N)I go, ^(O)I will send him to you. ^8 (P)And when he comes, he will ^(Q)convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: ⁹ concerning sin, ^(R)because they do not believe in me; ^10 (S)concerning righteousness, ^(T)because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; ^11 (U)concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world ^(V)is judged.

¹² “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. ¹³ When ^(W)the Spirit of truth comes, ^(X)he will ^(Y)guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but ^(Z)whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. ¹⁴ He will ^(AA)glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. ^15 (AB)All that the Father has is mine; ^(AC)therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

Your Sorrow Will Turn into Joy

^16 (AD)“A little while, and you will see me no longer; and ^(AE)again a little while, and you will see me.” ¹⁷ So ^(AF)some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ^(AG)‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and, ^(AH)‘because I am going to the Father’?” ¹⁸ So they were saying, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? ^(AI)We do not know what he is talking about.” ^19 (AJ)Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, “Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’? ²⁰ Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(AK)you will weep and lament, but ^(AL)the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but ^(AM)your sorrow will turn into joy. ^21 (AN)When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. ^22 (AO)So also you have sorrow now, but ^(AP)I will see you again, and ^(AQ)your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. ^23 (AR)In that day you will ^(AS)ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(AT)whatever you ask of the Father in my name, ^(AU)he will give it to you. ²⁴ Until now you have asked nothing in my name. ^(AV)Ask, and you will receive, ^(AW)that your joy may be full.

I Have Overcome the World

²⁵ “I have said these things to you in figures of speech. ^(AX)The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father. ²⁶ In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf; ^27 (AY)for the Father himself loves you, because ^(AZ)you have loved me and ^(BA)have believed that I came from God.^{[a] 28 (BB)}I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now ^(BC)I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”

²⁹ His disciples said, “Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not ^(BD)using figurative speech! ³⁰ Now we know that ^(BE)you know all things and do not need anyone to question you; this is why we believe that ^(BF)you came from God.” ³¹ Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe? ³² Behold, ^(BG)the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when ^(BH)you will be scattered, each to his own home, and ^(BI)will leave me alone. ^(BJ)Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me. ³³ I have said these things to you, that ^(BK)in me you may have peace. ^(BL)In the world you will have ^(BM)tribulation. But ^(BN)take heart; ^(BO)I have overcome the world.”

The High Priestly Prayer

17 When Jesus had spoken these words, ^(BP)he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, ^(BQ)the hour has come; ^(BR)glorify your Son that the Son may ^(BS)glorify you, ² since ^(BT)you have given him authority over all flesh, ^(BU)to give eternal life to all ^(BV)whom you have given him. ^3 (BW)And this is eternal life, ^(BX)that they know you, ^(BY)the only ^(BZ)true God, and ^(CA)Jesus Christ whom you have sent. ⁴ I ^(CB)glorified you on earth, ^(CC)having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. ⁵ And now, Father, ^(CD)glorify me in your own presence with the glory ^(CE)that I had with you ^(CF)before the world existed.

^6 (CG)“I have manifested your name to the people ^(CH)whom you gave me out of the world. ^(CI)Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. ⁷ Now they know that everything ^(CJ)that you have given me is from you. ⁸ For I have given them ^(CK)the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that ^(CL)I came from you; and ^(CM)they have believed that you sent me. ⁹ I am praying for them. ^(CN)I am not praying for the world but for those ^(CO)whom you have given me, for ^(CP)they are yours. ^10 (CQ)All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and ^(CR)I am glorified in them. ¹¹ And I am no longer in the world, but ^(CS)they are in the world, and ^(CT)I am coming to you. ^(CU)Holy Father, ^(CV)keep them in your name, ^(CW)which you have given me, ^(CX)that they may be one, ^(CY)even as we are one. ^12 (CZ)While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have ^(DA)guarded them, and ^(DB)not one of them has been lost except ^(DC)the son of destruction, ^(DD)that the Scripture might be fulfilled. ¹³ But now ^(DE)I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have ^(DF)my joy fulfilled in themselves. ^14 (DG)I have given them your word, and ^(DH)the world has hated them ^(DI)because they are not of the world, ^(DJ)just as I am not of the world. ¹⁵ I ^(DK)do not ask that you ^(DL)take them out of the world, but that you ^(DM)keep them from ^(DN)the evil one.^{[b] 16 (DO)}They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. ^17 (DP)Sanctify them^[c] in the truth; ^(DQ)your word is truth. ^18 (DR)As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. ¹⁹ And ^(DS)for their sake ^(DT)I consecrate myself,^[d] that they also ^(DU)may be sanctified^[e] in truth.

²⁰ “I do not ^(DV)ask for these only, but also for those ^(DW)who will believe in me through their word, ^21 (DX)that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that ^(DY)they also may be in ^(DZ)us, so that the world ^(EA)may believe that you have sent me. ^22 (EB)The glory that you have given me ^(EC)I have given to them, ^(ED)that they may be one even as we are one, ^23 (EE)I in them and you in me, ^(EF)that they may become perfectly one, ^(EG)so that the world may know that you sent me and ^(EH)loved them even as ^(EI)you loved me. ²⁴ Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be ^(EJ)with me ^(EK)where I am, ^(EL)to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me ^(EM)before the foundation of the world. ^25 (EN)O righteous Father, even though ^(EO)the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. ^26 (EP)I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love ^(EQ)with which you have loved me may be in them, and ^(ER)I in them.”