"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
31 "Do you now believe?" Jesus replied.
32 "A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.
33 "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.
Read all of Psalm 119 NIVWe know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God.
Read all of 1 John 4 NIVOne thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.
Read all of Psalm 27 NIVThere is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
Read all of Proverbs 16 NIVOut of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be.
Read all of James 3 NIV"I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not give my glory to another or my praise to idols."
Read all of Isaiah 42 NIVLove the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
Read all of Deuteronomy 6 NIV
Commentary on Today's Verse
Commentary on John 16:28-33
(Read John 16:28-33)
Here is a plain declaration of Christ's coming from the Father, and his return to him. The Redeemer, in his entrance, was God manifest in the flesh, and in his departure was received up into glory. By this saying the disciples improved in knowledge. Also in faith; "Now are we sure." Alas! they knew not their own weakness. The Divine nature did not desert the human nature, but supported it, and put comfort and value into Christ's sufferings. And while we have God's favourable presence, we are happy, and ought to be easy, though all the world forsake us. Peace in Christ is the only true peace, in him alone believers have it. Through him we have peace with God, and so in him we have peace in our own minds. We ought to be encouraged, because Christ has overcome the world before us. But while we think we stand, let us take heed lest we fall. We know not how we should act if brought into temptation; let us watch and pray without ceasing, that we may not be left to ourselves.