John 16:1
“I have spoken these things to you so that you will not fall away.
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 is anyone who is not offended by me.”
Matthew 13:57They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own family.”
Matthew 26:31Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will fall away tonight because of me, for it is written, 1 'I will strike the shepherd 1 and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'
John 15:18If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.
Romans 14:21It is good not to eat meat, nor to drink wine, nor anything by which your brother takes offense.
1 Peter 2:8and, 1 “A stone of stumbling 1 and a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they disobey the word—which is what they were appointed to do.
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 →