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

⁹ [The world will be proven guilty] of sin for not believing in me.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ of sin, because they believe not on me;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ About sin, because they do not believe in Me [trust in, rely on, and adhere to Me];

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ of sin, because they believe not on me;

Common English Bible

⁹ He will show the world it was wrong about sin because they don’t believe in me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ about sin, indeed, because they have not believed in me;

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ 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.