The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version

by Michael D. Coogan

22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have...

23Whoever hates me hates my Father also. 24If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not have sin. But now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. 25It was to fulfill the word tha...

26“When the Advocatee comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, he will testify on my behalf.

I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Advocatee 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 aboutf sin and righteousness and judgment: 9about sin, because they do not believe in me; 10about righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer; 11about judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.

12“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. 14He will glorify me, because he will take what is mine and declare it to you. 15All that the Father has is mine. For this reason I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

Very truly, I tell you, if you ask anything of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.b 24Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

28I came from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and am going to the Father.”

In the world you face persecution. But take courage; I have conquered the world!”

“Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you, 2since you have given him authority over all people,d to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 3And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. 4I glorified you on earth by finishing the work that you gave me to do. 5So now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had in your presence before the world existed.

9I am asking on their behalf; I am not asking on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those whom you gave me, because they are yours. 10All mine are yours, and yours are mine; and I have been glorified in them. 11And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one. 12While I was with them, I protected them in your name thata you have given me. I guarded them, and not one of them was lost except the one destined to be lost,b so that the scripture might be fulfilled.

14I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. 15I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but I ask you to protect them from the evil one.d 16They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. 17Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. 18As you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. 19And for their sakes I sanctify myself, so that they also may be sanctified in truth.

20“I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, 21that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us,e so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one, 23I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”

21Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”

he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”

29Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.”

25But there are also many other things that Jesus did; if every one of them were written down, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.

“All things are lawful,” but not all things are beneficial. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up.

whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think aboutl these things. 9Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.

★ Things to think of / take account of / give your attention to (if you desire inner Peace): 1. Truth 2. Honor / Honesty 3. Justice 4. Purity 5. Loveliness / Pleasantness 6. Goodness / Commendation / Encouragement 7. Excellence / Virtuousness / Righteousness 8. Praiseworthiness