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John 16:1-9 English Revised Version (ERV)

1. These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be made to stumble.

2. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God.

3. And these things will they do, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

4. But these things have I spoken unto you, that when their hour is come, ye may remember them, how that I told you. And these things I said not unto you from the beginning, because I was with you.

5. But now I go unto him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?

6. But because I have spoken these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.

7. Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send him unto you.

8. And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

9. of sin, because they believe not on me;

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