# John 16 📖 [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[John Overview]], [[John 15]], [[John 17]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] [[#🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application]] [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts]] [[#🔗 Related Passages]] [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### The Counselor’s Ministry **Principle**: The Holy Spirit walks with us. [[#Verse 01.]] “I have told you all these things so that you will not fall away.  [[#Verse 02.]] They will put you out of the synagogue, yet a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he is offering service to God. [[#Verse 03.]] They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me.  [[#Verse 04.]] But I have told you these things so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them. “I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you. [[#Verse 05.]] But now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking me, ‘Where are you going?’  [[#Verse 06.]] Instead, your hearts are filled with sadness because I have said these things to you.  [[#Verse 07.]] But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.  [[#Verse 08.]] And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong concerning sin and righteousness and judgment— [[#Verse 09.]] concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;  [[#Verse 10.]] concerning righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer;  [[#Verse 11.]] and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned. [[#Verse 12.]] “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.  [[#Verse 13.]] But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but will speak whatever he hears, and will tell you what is to come.  [[#Verse 14.]] He will glorify me, because he will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you.  [[#Verse 15.]] Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you.  ### Sorrow Turned To Joy **Principle**: When we see God’s plan unfold, it brings joy see He was always in control. [[#Verse 16.]] In a little while you will see me no longer; again after a little while, you will see me.” [[#Verse 17.]] Then some of his disciples said to one another, “What is the meaning of what he is saying, ‘In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me,’ and, ‘because I am going to the Father’?”  [[#Verse 18.]] So they kept on repeating, “What is the meaning of what he says, ‘In a little while’? We do not understand what he is talking about.” [[#Verse 19.]] Jesus could see that they wanted to ask him about these things, so he said to them, “Are you asking each other about this—that I said, ‘In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me’?  [[#Verse 20.]]1 I tell you the solemn truth, you will weep and wail, but the world will rejoice; you will be sad,but your sadness will turn into joy.  [[#Verse 21.]] When a woman gives birth, she has distress because her time has come, but when her child is born, she no longer remembers the suffering because of her joy that a human being has been born into the world.  [[#Verse 22.]] So also you have sorrow now, but _I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you_.  [[#Verse 23.]] At that time you will ask me nothing. I tell you the solemn truth, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.  [[#Verse 24.]] Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive it, so that your joy may be complete. ### Jesus the Victor **Principle**: Because of Jesus, we can be overcomers. [[#Verse 25.]] “I have told you these things in obscure figures of speech; a time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in obscure figures, but will tell you plainly about the Father.  [[#Verse 26.]] At that time you will ask in my name, and I do not say that I will ask the Father on your behalf.  [[#Verse 27.]] For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.  [[#Verse 28.]] I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn, I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.” [[#Verse 29.]] His disciples said, “Look, now you are speaking plainly and not in obscure figures of speech!  [[#Verse 30.]] Now we know that you know everything and do not need anyone to ask you anything. Because of this we believe that you have come from God.” [[#Verse 31.]] Jesus replied, “Do you now believe?  [[#Verse 32.]] Look, a time is coming—and has come—when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, and I will be left alone. Yet I am not alone, because my Father is with me. [[#Verse 33.]] I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, but take courage—I have conquered the world.” ## 📖 ==Verse-by-Verse Commentary== ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ###### Verse 23. ###### Verse 24. ###### Verse 25. ###### Verse 26. ###### Verse 27. ###### Verse 28. ###### Verse 29. ###### Verse 30. ###### Verse 31. ###### Verse 32. ###### Verse 33. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts - coming soon ## 🧠 Chapter Summary - coming soon %%Write a short paragraph (3–5 sentences) summarizing what happens in this chapter. - What is the main event or teaching? - How does this chapter fit the book’s overall story? - What stands out immediately? Anything Apologetic to point out?%% ## 🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application **Today, I can apply this chapter by:** - ✅ Application 1 - ✅ Application 2 %% Make these very practical: - "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation." - "Speak truth even when it’s unpopular." Think: - What do we learn about God here? - What do we learn about people? - Are there promises, commands, or warnings?%% ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - coming soon ## 🔗 Related Passages - coming soon ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection [[John 16.1- SOAP]] ## 📂 Tags