John 16:9

John 16:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Of sin, because they believe not on me;
• New International Version (NIV)about sin, because people do not believe in me;
• English Standard Version (ESV)concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;
• New King James Version (NKJV)of sin, because they do not believe in Me;

Context of John 16:9

7But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you. 8And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong concerning sin and righteousness and judgment – concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; 10concerning righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer; 11and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.

John 16:9 word by word

περὶ ἁμαρτίας μέν, ὅτι οὐ πιστεύουσιν εἰς ἐμέ·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ofπερίperi · aboutG4012
• sinἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
• ·μένmen · on the other handG3303
• becauseὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• they believeπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
• notοὐou · noG3756
• onεἰςeis · towardG1519
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473

Cross-references for John 16:9

• John 3:18The one who believes in him is not condemned. The one who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.
• John 5:40but you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.
• John 8:23Jesus replied, “You people are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from this world.
• John 12:47If anyone hears my words and does not obey them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
• John 15:22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. But they no longer have any excuse for their sin.
• Mark 16:16The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned.
• Acts 2:22“Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds, wonders, and miraculous signs that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know –
• Acts 3:14But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you.
• Acts 7:51“You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did!
• Acts 26:9Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.
• Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
• Romans 7:9And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive
• 1 Thessalonians 2:15who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people,
• 1 Timothy 1:13even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,
• Hebrews 3:12See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has an evil, unbelieving heart that forsakes the living God.
• Hebrews 10:28Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Commentaries on John 16:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Of sin - Of the sin of the Jews in not receiving me as the Messiah, though my mission was accredited by the very miracles which the prophets foretold: see Isaiah 35:3-6. This was literally fulfilled on the day of pentecost, when the Spirit was given; for multitudes of Jews were then convinced of this sin, and converted to God. See Acts 2:37. If we take this prediction of our Lord in a more general sense, then we may consider that it is one of the grand…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Of sin - The first thing specified of which the world would be convinced is sin. Sin, in general, is any violation of a law of God, but the particular sin of which men are here said to be convinced is that of rejecting the Lord Jesus. This is placed first, and is deemed the sin of chief magnitude, as it is the principal one of which men are guilty. This was particularly true of the Jews who had rejected him and crucified him; and it was the great crime…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-15Verses 7-15 Christ's departure was necessary to the Comforter's coming. Sending the Spirit was to be the fruit of Christ's death, which was his going away. His bodily presence could be only in one place at one time, but his Spirit is every where, in all places, at all times, wherever two or three are gathered together in his name. See here the office of the Spirit, first to reprove, or to convince. Convincing work is the Spirit's work; he can do it…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-11One of the Spirit’s roles is to convict the world. Convict is a legal term: The world had conducted its trial of Jesus, examining the evidence for his case (his signs and claims). Now the world would stand trial before the Spirit, and its guilt would be proven.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Of sin, because they believe not on me--As all sin has its root in unbelief, so the most aggravated form of unbelief is the rejection of Christ. The Spirit, however, in fastening this truth upon the conscience, does not extinguish, but, on the contrary, does consummate and intensify, the sense of all other sins.Read the comment

Topics related to John 16:9

• Conviction
• Holy Spirit
• Jesus Continued
• Unbelief

In the dictionaries

• Apostle
• Desirous
• Holy Ghost
• Reprove
• Sure
• Tribulation
• Ascension
• Atonement
• Comforter
• Holy Spirit

Commentaries on John 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings