John 16:33

New Century Version

“I told you these things so that you can have peace in me. In this world you will have trouble, but be brave! I have defeated the world.”

Cross References

Psalm 68:18

When you went up to the heights, you led a parade of captives. You received gifts from the people, even from those who turned against you. And the Lord God will live there.

Micah 5:5

He will bring peace. Assyria will surely come into our country and walk over our large buildings. We will set up seven shepherds, eight leaders of the people.

Matthew 9:2

Some people brought to Jesus a man who was paralyzed and lying on a mat. When Jesus saw the faith of these people, he said to the paralyzed man, “Be encouraged, young man. Your sins are forgiven.”

Luke 19:38

They said, “God bless the king who comes in the name of the Lord! There is peace in heaven and glory to God!”

Luke 2:14

“Give glory to God in heaven, and on earth let there be peace among the people who please God.”

John 12:31

Now is the time for the world to be judged; now the ruler of this world will be thrown down.

John 14:1

Jesus said, “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust in me.

John 14:27

“I leave you peace; my peace I give you. I do not give it to you as the world does. So don’t let your hearts be troubled or afraid.

John 16:11

And the Helper will prove to them that judgment happened when the ruler of this world was judged.

Acts 14:22

making the followers of Jesus stronger and helping them stay in the faith. They said, “We must suffer many things to enter God’s kingdom.”

Acts 23:11

The next night the Lord came and stood by Paul. He said, “Be brave! You have told people in Jerusalem about me. You must do the same in Rome.”

Acts 27:22

But now I tell you to cheer up because none of you will die. Only the ship will be lost.

Acts 27:25

So men, have courage. I trust in God that everything will happen as his angel told me.

Acts 9:31

The church everywhere in Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had a time of peace and became stronger. Respecting the Lord by the way they lived, and being encouraged by the Holy Spirit, the group of believers continued to grow.

2 Corinthians 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is the Father who is full of mercy and all comfort.

2 Corinthians 13:11

Now, brothers and sisters, I say good-bye. Live in harmony. Do what I have asked you to do. Agree with each other, and live in peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you.

2 Corinthians 2:14

But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s victory parade. God uses us to spread his knowledge everywhere like a sweet-smelling perfume.

2 Corinthians 4:7

We have this treasure from God, but we are like clay jars that hold the treasure. This shows that the great power is from God, not from us.

2 Corinthians 6:4

But in every way we show we are servants of God: in accepting many hard things, in troubles, in difficulties, and in great problems.

2 Corinthians 7:4

I feel very sure of you and am very proud of you. You give me much comfort, and in all of our troubles I have great joy.

Galatians 1:4

Jesus gave himself for our sins to free us from this evil world we live in, as God the Father planned.

Galatians 6:14

I hope I will never brag about things like that. The cross of our Lord Jesus Christ is my only reason for bragging. Through the cross of Jesus my world was crucified, and I died to the world.

Philippians 4:7

And God’s peace, which is so great we cannot understand it, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 1:20

And through Christ, God has brought all things back to himself again—things on earth and things in heaven. God made peace through the blood of Christ’s death on the cross.

1 Thessalonians 3:4

Even when we were with you, we told you we all would have to suffer, and you know it has happened.

1 Thessalonians 3:7

So, brothers and sisters, while we have much trouble and suffering, we are encouraged about you because of your faith.

2 Thessalonians 3:16

Now may the Lord of peace give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.

2 Timothy 3:12

Everyone who wants to live as God desires, in Christ Jesus, will be persecuted.

Hebrews 11:25

He chose to suffer with God’s people instead of enjoying sin for a short time.

Hebrews 7:2

and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything he had brought back from the battle. First, Melchizedek’s name means “king of goodness,” and he is king of Salem, which means “king of peace.”

1 Peter 5:9

Refuse to give in to him, by standing strong in your faith. You know that your Christian family all over the world is having the same kinds of suffering.

1 John 2:13

I write to you, fathers, because you know the One who existed from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you have defeated the Evil One.

1 John 4:4

My dear children, you belong to God and have defeated them; because God’s Spirit, who is in you, is greater than the devil, who is in the world.

1 John 5:4

because everyone who is a child of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world—our faith.

Revelation 12:11

And our brothers and sisters defeated him by the blood of the Lamb’s death and by the message they preached. They did not love their lives so much that they were afraid of death.

Revelation 3:21

“Those who win the victory will sit with me on my throne in the same way that I won the victory and sat down with my Father on his throne.

Revelation 7:14

I answered, “You know, sir.” And the elder said to me, “These are the people who have come out of the great distress. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Judges 3:2

(The only reason the Lord left those nations in the land was to teach the descendants of the Israelites who had not fought in those wars how to fight.)