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 in fact, it is best for you that I go away, because if I don’t, the Advocate won’t come. If I do go away, then I will send him to you. 8And when he comes, he will convict the world of its sin, and of God’s righteousness, and of the coming judgment. The world’s sin is that it refuses to believe in me. 10Righteousness is available because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more. 11Judgment will come because the ruler of this world has already been judged.

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 3:18“There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son.
• John 5:40Yet you refuse to come to me to receive this life.
• John 8:23Jesus continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You belong to this world; I do not.
• John 12:47I will not judge those who hear me but don’t obey me, for I have come to save the world and not to judge it.
• John 15:22They would not be guilty if I had not come and spoken to them. But now they have no excuse for their sin.
• Mark 16:16Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe will be condemned.
• Acts 2:22“People of Israel, listen! God publicly endorsed Jesus the Nazarene by doing powerful miracles, wonders, and signs through him, as you well know.
• Acts 3:14You rejected this holy, righteous one and instead demanded the release of a murderer.
• Acts 7:51“You stubborn people! You are heathen at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? That’s what your ancestors did, and so do you!
• Acts 26:9“I used to believe that I ought to do everything I could to oppose the very name of Jesus the Nazarene.
• Romans 3:19Obviously, the law applies to those to whom it was given, for its purpose is to keep people from having excuses, and to show that the entire world is guilty before God.
• Romans 7:9At one time I lived without understanding the law. But when I learned the command not to covet, for instance, the power of sin came to life,
• 1 Thessalonians 2:15For some of the Jews killed the prophets, and some even killed the Lord Jesus. Now they have persecuted us, too. They fail to please God and work against all humanity
• 1 Timothy 1:13even though I used to blaspheme the name of Christ. In my insolence, I persecuted his people. But God had mercy on me because I did it in ignorance and unbelief.
• Hebrews 3:12Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters. Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God.
• Hebrews 10:28For anyone who refused to obey 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