John 16:1

Good News Translation (US Version)

“I have told you this, so that you will not give up your faith.

Cross References

1 Peter 2:8

And another scripture says, “This is the stone that will make people stumble, the rock that will make them fall.” They stumbled because they did not believe in the word; such was God's will for them.

Matthew 13:21

But it does not sink deep into them, and they don't last long. So when trouble or persecution comes because of the message, they give up at once.

John 16:4

But I have told you this, so that when the time comes for them to do these things, you will remember what I told you. “I did not tell you these things at the beginning, for I was with you.

Matthew 24:10

Many will give up their faith at that time; they will betray one another and hate one another.

Romans 14:21

The right thing to do is to keep from eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that will make other believers fall.

Matthew 13:57

And so they rejected him. Jesus said to them, “A prophet is respected everywhere except in his hometown and by his own family.”

Matthew 11:6

How happy are those who have no doubts about me!”

John 15:11

“I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.

Philippians 1:10

so that you will be able to choose what is best. Then you will be free from all impurity and blame on the Day of Christ.