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John 16:15 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" All things that the Father has are mine; therefore I said that he takes of mine and will declare it to you. "
John 16:15
Verse in Context
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13 However, when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.
14 He will glorify me, for he will take from what is mine and will declare it to you.
15 All things that the Father has are mine; therefore I said that he takes of mine and will declare it to you.
16 “A little while, and you will not see me. Again a little while, and you will see me.”
17 Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me;’ and, ‘Because I go to the Father’?”
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John 16:1
"“I have said these things to you so that you wouldn’t be caused to stumble."
John 16:2
"They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God."
John 16:3
"They will do these things because they have not known the Father nor me."
John 16:4
"But I have told you these things so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you."
John 16:5
"But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’"
John 16:6
"But because I have told you these things, sorrow has filled your heart."
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