John 16:9 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

[The world will be proven guilty] of sin for not believing in me.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

of sin, because they believe not on me;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

About sin, because they do not believe in Me [trust in, rely on, and adhere to Me];

American Standard Version (1901)

of sin, because they believe not on me;

Common English Bible

He will show the world it was wrong about sin because they don’t believe in me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

about sin, indeed, because they have not believed in me;

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Of sin: because they believed not in me.

John 16:9 Cross References

Mark 16:16

The person who believes [i.e., the Gospel] and is immersed will be saved [i.e., from condemnation], but whoever does not believe it will be condemned.

John 16:8

And when He does come, He will bring conviction to the world regarding sin [i.e., exposing it and producing guilt], regarding what is right [i.e., upholding godly standards], and regarding judgment [i.e., showing that sin condemns].

Romans 7:9

And I was [once] alive before being aware of the law [i.e., complacent and without a sense of guilt]; but when [awareness of] the commandment [not to sin] came, sin sprang to life,

1 Timothy 1:13

[even] though I had previously spoken against Christ, and persecuted [Christians] and acted outrageously. However, I obtained mercy because I acted out of ignorance, not believing [in Christ].

Hebrews 3:12

Pay attention, brothers, so that there will not be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, [resulting] in falling away from the living God.