John 16:4 Cross References - Moffatt

⁴ I have told you all this, so that when the time for it arrives, you may remember what I said to you. I did not tell you about this at the beginning, because I was with you then;

¹⁵ Jesus said to them, "Can friends at a wedding mourn so long as the bride groom is beside them? A time will come when the bridegroom is taken from them, and then they will fast.

⁷ And preach as you go, tell men, 'The Reign of heaven is near.'

²⁵ (I am telling you this beforehand.)

¹⁹ Jesus said to them, "Can friends at a wedding fast while the bridegroom is beside them? As long as they have the bridegroom beside them they cannot fast.

²³ Now take care! I am telling you of it all beforehand.

¹² But before all that, men will lay hands on you and persecute you, handing you over to synagogues and prisons; you will be dragged before kings and governors for the sake of my name. ¹³ That will turn out an opportunity for you to bear witness.

¹⁹ I am telling you this now, before it occurs, so that when it has occurred you may believe who I am.

²⁹ I tell you this now, before it occurs, so that, when it does occur, you may believe.

¹² When I was with them, I kept them by the power of thy Name which thou hast given me; I guarded them, and not one of them perished — only the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled. ¹³ But now I come to thee (I speak thus in the world that they may have my joy complete within them).

¹⁶ I will show him all he has to suffer for the sake of my Name."

²³ Only, I know this, that in town after town the holy Spirit testifies to me that bonds and troubles are awaiting me. ²⁴ But then, I set no value on my own life as compared with the joy of finishing my course and fulfilling the commission I received from the Lord Jesus to attest the gospel of the grace of God.

¹⁴ since I know my tent must be folded up very soon — as indeed our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me.