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I have loved you. 13There is no greater love
than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
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You are my friends if you do what I command.
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I no longer call you slaves, because a master
doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my
friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me. 16You didn’t choose me. I chose
you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting
fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever
you ask for, using my name. 17This is my command: Love each other.
THE WORLD’S HATRED 18“If the world hates
you, remember that it hated me first. 19The
world would love you as one of its own if you
belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the
world. I chose you to come out of the world,
so it hates you. 20Do you remember what I told
you? ‘A slave is not greater than the master.’
Since they persecuted me, naturally they will
persecute you. And if they had listened to
me, they would listen to you. 21They will do
all this to you because of me, for they have
rejected the one who sent me. 22They would
not be guilty if I had not come and spoken to
them. But now they have no excuse for their
sin. 23Anyone who hates me also hates my Father. 24If I hadn’t done such miraculous signs
among them that no one else could do, they
would not be guilty. But as it is, they have seen
everything I did, yet they still hate me and my
Father. 25This fulfills what is written in their
Scriptures*: ‘They hated me without cause.’
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“But I will send you the Advocate*—the
Spirit of truth. He will come to you from the
Father and will testify all about me. 27And
you must also testify about me because you
have been with me from the beginning of my
ministry.
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“I have told you these things so that
you won’t abandon your faith. 2For
you will be expelled from the synagogues,
and the time is coming when those who kill
you will think they are doing a holy service for
God. 3This is because they have never known
the Father or me. 4Yes, I’m telling you these
things now, so that when they happen, you will
remember my warning. I didn’t tell you earlier
because I was going to be with you for a while
longer.
THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 5“But now I
am going away to the one who sent me, and
15:25 Greek in their law. Pss 35:19; 69:4. 15:26 Or Comforter, or
Encourager, or Counselor. Greek reads Paraclete. 16:7 Or Comforter,
or Encourager, or Counselor. Greek reads Paraclete.
JOHN 16
not one of you is asking where I am going.
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Instead, you grieve because of what I’ve told
you. 7But in fact, it is best for you that I go
away, because if I don’t, the Advocate* won’t
come. If I do go away, then I will send him to
you. 8And when he comes, he will convict the
world of its sin, and of God’s righteousness,
and of the coming judgment. 9The world’s sin
is that it refuses to believe in me. 10Righteousness is available because I go to the Father,
and you will see me no more. 11Judgment will
come because the ruler of this world has already been judged.
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“There is so much more I want to tell you,
but you can’t bear it now. 13When the Spirit of
truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He
will not speak on his own but will tell you what
he has heard. He will tell you about the future.
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He will bring me glory by telling you whatever
he receives from me. 15All that belongs to the
Father is mine; this is why I said, ‘The Spirit will
tell you whatever he receives from me.’
SADNESS WILL BE TURNED TO JOY 16“In a
little while you won’t see me anymore. But a
little while after that, you will see me again.”
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Some of the disciples asked each other,
“What does he mean when he says, ‘In a little
while you won’t see me, but then you will see
me,’ and ‘I am going to the Father’? 18And what
does he mean by ‘a little while’? We don’t
understand.”
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Jesus realized they wanted to ask him
about it, so he said, “Are you asking yourselves
what I meant? I said in a little while you won’t
see me, but a little while after that you will see
me again. 20I tell you the truth, you will weep
ACCURATE ACCOUNTS
(14:26) Jesus promised the disciples that the Holy Spirit
would help them remember what they had learned
from Jesus. This promise underscores the validity of the
Gospels, as well as the rest of the New Testament. The disciples were eyewitnesses of Jesus’ life and teachings. The
Holy Spirit helped them remember Jesus’ words without
taking away their individual perspectives. We can be confident that the Gospels are accurate records of what Jesus
taught and did (see also 1 Cor 2:10-16). How thoroughly
have you investigated these records?
LAST-MINUTE WARNINGS
(16:1-16) In his last moments with his disciples, Jesus
(1) warned them about further persecution, (2) told them
where he was going, when he was leaving, and why,
and (3) assured them they wouldn’t be left alone—the
Holy Spirit would come to stay with them. Although Jesus
knew what lay ahead, he didn’t want their faith shaken
or destroyed. Likewise, God wants you to know that you
aren’t alone in the world. You have the Holy Spirit to comfort you, teach you truth, and help you.
