John 16:1 Cross References - AUV

¹ [Jesus continued], “I have told you these things so that you men would not fall away [i.e., from the faith].

⁶ The person who does not find an occasion for having doubts about my identity is fortunate indeed.”

²¹ but since he has such a shallow root, he lasts for [only] a short while. Then when trouble or persecution comes because of the message, immediately he falls away [from God].

⁵⁷ And they were led to doubt His true identity. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet does not go without being honored, except in His own home town and among His own family members.”

¹⁰ And then many people will fall away [from God] and they will turn one another over [i.e., to the authorities for punishment], and they will hate one another.

³¹ Then Jesus said [to His disciples], “All of you will have doubts about me tonight, for it is written [Zech. 13:7], ‘I will strike down the shepherd and the sheep of the flock will be scattered everywhere.’ ³² But after I am raised up, I will go on ahead of you to Galilee.” ³³ Peter answered Him, “[Even] if everyone [else] has doubts about you, I never will.”

¹¹ I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in your hearts, and that your joy may be complete.

¹⁸ “If the world hates you, then know that it has [already] hated me, [even] before it hated you. ¹⁹ If you belonged to the world, the world would love [you as] its own people. But since you do not belong to the world, for I chose you out of it, that is why the world hates you. ²⁰ Remember what I said to you, ‘A slave is not greater [in importance] than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will [also] persecute you, too; if they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. ²¹ But they [i.e., the world] will do all these things to you for my name’s sake [i.e., because you are my disciples], for they do not know Him [i.e., God], who sent me. ²² They would not be guilty of sinning if I had not come and spoken to them. But now [that I have], they have no excuse for their sin. ²³ The person who hates me, hates my Father also. ²⁴ If I had not performed the [miraculous] deeds among them which no one else had done, they would not be guilty of sinning. But now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father. ²⁵ This all happened so the Scripture, written in their law [Psa. 35:19], would be fulfilled, ‘They hated me for no reason.’ ²⁶ “But the Helper will come, that is, the Holy Spirit of truth [i.e., who reveals truth]. He comes from the Father and I will send Him to you from the Father. [When He comes] He will give testimony about me. ²⁷ And you will give testimony about me [also], because you men have been with me from the beginning [of my ministry].”

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].

²¹ [So], it is better [for you] not to eat bread, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything [else] that could cause your brother to fall [away from God].

¹⁰ Then you will be able to approve of [only] what is best and be sincere and without just blame on the day of Christ’s [return],

⁸ [And it also says, Isa. 8:14, that He would be], “A stone that people would stumble over and a rock over which they would trip and fall.” The way they stumble is by disobeying the Gospel message. They were destined [though not forced] to do this.