John 16:8-10
1599 Geneva Bible
8 [a]And when he is come, he will [b]reprove the [c]world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.
9 Of sin, because they believed not in me:
10 Of [d]righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye shall see me no more.
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- John 16:8 The Spirit of God worketh so mightily by the preaching of the word, that he constraineth the world, will it, nill it, to confess its own unrighteousness, and Christ’s righteousness and almightiness.
- John 16:8 He will so reprove the world, that the worldlings shall be able to present no excuse.
- John 16:8 He respecteth the time that followed his ascension, when as all gainsayers were manifestly reproved through the pouring out of the holy Ghost upon the Church: So that the very enemies of Christ were reproved of sin, in that they were constrained to confess that they were deceived, in that they believed not, and therefore they said to Peter, Acts 2, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
- John 16:10 Of Christ himself: For when the world shall see, that I have poured out the holy Ghost, they shall be constrained to confess that I was just, and was not condemned of my Father, when I went out of this world.
John 16:8-10
New International Version
8 When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 about sin,(A) because people do not believe in me; 10 about righteousness,(B) because I am going to the Father,(C) where you can see me no longer;
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