John 16:4 But I have told you these things so that, when the time comes for people to do such things, you will remember that I had warned you. I did not tell you them at the beginning of my ministry because I was with you i.e., to protect you from persecution.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ But I have told you these things so that, when the time comes [for people to do such things], you will remember that I had warned you. I did not tell you them at the beginning [of my ministry] because I was with you [i.e., to protect you from persecution].