John 16:1
I have said these things to you so that you may not be in doubt.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
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Matthew 11:6And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.
Matthew 13:57And they were bitter against him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour but in his country and among his family.
Matthew 26:31Then said Jesus to them, All of you will be turned away from me this night: for it is said in the Writings, I will put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep of the flock will be put to flight.
John 15:18If you are hated by the world, keep in mind that I was hated by the world before you.
Romans 14:21It is better not to take meat or wine or to do anything which might be a cause of trouble to your brother.
1 Peter 2:8And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.
Matthew Henry on John 16:1
Among other glorious things God hath spoken of himself this is one, I wound, and I heal, Deut. xxxii. 39 . Christ's discourse in this chapter, which continues and concludes his farewell sermon to his disciples, does so. I. Here are wounding words in the notice he gives them of the troubles that were before them, ver. 1-6 . II. Here are healing words in the comforts he administers to them for their support under those troubles, which are five:—1. That he would send them the Comforter, ver. 7-15 . 2. That he would… Read the whole commentary →