John 16:10 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁰ [It will be shown] what is right because I am going [back] to the Father and you will not see me anymore.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ About righteousness (uprightness of heart and right standing with God), because I go to My Father, and you will see Me no longer;

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ of righteousness, because I go to the Father, and ye behold me no more;

Common English Bible

¹⁰ He will show the world it was wrong about righteousness because I’m going to the Father and you won’t see me anymore.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ about justice, truly, because I am going to the Father, and you will not see me any longer;

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁰ And of justice: because I go to the Father; and you shall see me no longer.

John 16:10 Cross References

John 16:28

I came from the Father into this world and now I am leaving the world and returning to the Father.”

John 16:5

“But now I am going to Him who sent me; yet none of you is asking me, ‘Where are you going?’

John 3:14

And [just] like Moses lifted up the snake [on the pole] in the wilderness [Num. 21:9], so the Son of man must be lifted up [on the cross]

John 5:32

[But] there is Someone else [i.e., God] who testifies about me, and I know that the testimony He gives about me is true.

John 7:33

Therefore, Jesus said, “I will be with you for a little while longer, then I will go to the Father who sent me.

Acts 17:31

For He has appointed a [certain] day when He will judge the people of the world according to [a standard of] true justice by the man [i.e., Jesus] whom He has appointed [as Judge, See II Tim. 4:8]. [And] He has given assurance to all people [that He will do this] by raising Jesus from the dead.”

Acts 2:32

So, God raised this Jesus up [from the dead] and we [apostles] are all witnesses [of it].

Acts 3:14

But you denied the Holy and Righteous One [His rightful freedom] and asked for a murderer to be released to you [instead].

Acts 7:52

Which one of the prophets did your forefathers not persecute? They [even] killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One [i.e., Jesus], whom you people betrayed and murdered.

Romans 1:17

For the Gospel reveals how a person can be made right with God. It is through faith [in Jesus], from beginning to end, just as it is written [Hab. 2:4], “The righteous person will [obtain] life by [his] faith [in God].”

1 Corinthians 1:30

But God brought you into [fellowship with] Christ Jesus, who was made to be God’s wisdom for us. Through Christ you have received a right relationship with God, [as well as] holiness and redemption [i.e., being bought back from Satan].

2 Corinthians 5:21

God considered Christ to be sinful on our behalf, even though He never sinned, so that we could be considered right with God through Him.

Galatians 5:5

For we are waiting for the hope [to be fulfilled] of being made right with God by [the power of] the Holy Spirit.

1 Timothy 3:16

And without question the revealed secret of godly living is great. [It is this]: He [i.e., Christ, or God], who appeared in a fleshly body [was] vindicated [of false charges] by the Holy Spirit; [He was] seen by angels, was preached among the nations, was believed in throughout the world [and finally] was taken up into glory [i.e., heaven].

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ suffered once for people’s sins [to be forgiven]. [It was the case of] a righteous Man suffering for unrighteous people, so that He could bring you [or, “us”] to God [for salvation]. [Though] He [i.e., Jesus] was put to death physically, He was brought back to life by the Holy Spirit [Note: Some translations say “in spirit”].