John 16:1
“I've told you this so you won't give up your trust in me.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 11:6Blessed are those who don't reject me!”
Matthew 13:57And so they refused to believe in him. “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his homeland and in his family,” Jesus told them.
Matthew 26:31“All of you will abandon me tonight,” Jesus told them. “As Scripture says, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the flock of sheep will be completely scattered.’
John 15:18If the world hates you, remember that it hated me before it hated you.
Romans 14:21It's better not to eat meat or drink wine or anything else that would cause your fellow-believer to stumble.
1 Peter 2:8is “The stone that trips you up and the rock that makes you fall.” People stumble over this message because they refuse to accept it—which for them is entirely predictable.
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 →