John 16:8
And having come, he will convict the world about sin, and about justice, and about judgment.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
In Context
9About sin because they truly did not believe in me,
Cross References
Leviticus 13:12And if the leprous disease breaks out abroad in the skin, and the leprous disease covers all the skin of the disease from his head even to his feet, as far as appears to the priest,
John 8:9And they, having heard and being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, having begun from the elder until the last. And Jesus was left behind alone, and the woman being in the midst.
Acts 2:37Now having heard this, they were pierced in the heart, and said to Peter and the other apostles, Men, brothers, what will we do?
1 Corinthians 14:24But if all prophesy, and some unbelieving or unlearned man comes in, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all.
Matthew Henry on John 16:8-16
The Expediency of Christ's Departure; The Promise of the Spirit. 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 depart, I will send him unto you. 8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 Of sin, because they believe not on me; 10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; 11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. 12 I… Read the whole commentary →