These things I command you, that ye love one another. If the world hate
you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the
world, the world would love his own. But ye are not of the world. I have
chosen you out of the world. Therefore the world hateth you. Remember the
word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If
they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they have kept
my saying, they will keep yours also. But all these things will they do
unto you for my name's sake, because they know not Him that sent me.
If I had not come and spoken unto them, they would be innocent of sin. But
now they have no cloke to hide their sin. He that hateth me hateth my
Father also. If I had not done among them the works which no other man
did, they had not had sin. But now they have seen and hated both me and
my Father. But this cometh to pass so that the word might be fulfilled
that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. But when
the Comforter comes, the Spirit of truth who proceedeth from the Father,
He shall testify of me. And ye also shall bear witness because ye have
been with me from the beginning.
16. These things have I spoken unto you that ye should not be
offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues. Yea, the time will
come when whoever killeth you will think that he doeth God a service. And
these things will they do unto you because they have not known the Father
nor me.
But these things have I told you so that when the time comes, ye may
remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you
at the beginning because I was with you. But now I go away to Him that
sent me. And none of you asketh me, Whither goest Thou? But because I
have said these things unto you sorrow hath filled your heart.
Nevertheless I tell you the truth, It is best for you that I go away. If
I go not away the Comforter will not come to you. But if I depart, I will
send Him to you. When He is come, He will reprove the world of sin, and
of righteousness, and of judgment. Of sin, because they believe not on
me. Of righteousness, because I go to my Father and ye see me no more. Of
judgment, because the evil one who is prince of this world is judged.
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them
now. However, when the Spirit of truth is come, He will guide you into all
truth because He shall not speak of Himself. But whatsoever He shall hear,
that shall He speak. And He will show you things to come. He shall glorify
me for He shall receive my own, and shall show it unto you. All things
that the Father hath are mine. Therefore I said that He shall take my own
and shall show it unto you. A little while and ye shall not see me. And
then, in a little while, and ye shall see me because I go to the Father.
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