“My Father has given me all things. No person knows who the Son is—only the Father knows. And only the Son knows who the Father is. The only people that will know about the Father are those people the Son chooses to tell.”
John 16:3 - Easy To Read Version People will do these things because they have not known the Father, and they have not known me. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they will do this because they have not known the Father or Me. American Standard Version (1901) And these things will they do, because they have not known the Father, nor me. Common English Bible They will do these things because they don’t know the Father or me. Catholic Public Domain Version And they will do these things to you because they have not known the Father, nor me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And these things will they do to you; because they have not known the Father, nor me. |
“My Father has given me all things. No person knows who the Son is—only the Father knows. And only the Son knows who the Father is. The only people that will know about the Father are those people the Son chooses to tell.”
People will do all this to you because of me. They don’t know the One who sent me.
Father, you are the One who is good. The world does not know you, but I know you. And these people know that you sent me.
And this is eternal life: that people can know you, the only true God, and that people can know Jesus Christ, the One you sent.
But you don’t really know him. I know him. If I said I did not know him, then I would be a liar like you are liars. But I do know him. And I obey what he says.
“My brothers, I know you did those things to Jesus because you did not understand what you were doing. Your leaders also did not understand.
None of the rulers of this world understood this wisdom. If they had understood it, then they would not have killed our glorious Lord on a cross.
He will come from heaven with burning fire to punish those people who don’t know God. He will punish those people who refuse to accept the Good News {\cf2\super [1]} about our Lord Jesus Christ.
In the past I spoke against Christ and persecuted him and did things to hurt him. But God gave me mercy because I did not know what I was doing. I did those things when I did not believe.
If a person does not believe in the Son, then he does not have the Father. But the person who accepts the Son has the Father, too.
The Father (God) has loved us so much! This shows how much he loved us: We are called children of God. And we really are God’s children. But the people in the world (people who don’t believe) don’t understand that we are God’s children, because they have not known him (God).
The person that does not love does not know God, because God is love.
But, dear friends, use your most holy faith to build yourselves up strong. Pray with the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [10]}