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Contemporary English Version

John 16:10

They are wrong about God's justice, because I am going to the Father, and you won't see me again.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Conviction;   God;   Holy Spirit;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Thompson Chain Reference - Christ;   Departure Foretold;   Divinity;   Divinity-Humanity;   Foreknowledge;   The Topic Concordance - Comfort;   Glory;   Government;   Holy Spirit;   Reproof;   Truth;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Holy Spirit, the, Is God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ascension;   Comforter;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Holy spirit;   Judgment;   Repentance;   Trinity;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Education in Bible Times;   Faith;   Great Commission, the;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Apostle;   Holy Ghost;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Elijah;   Holy Spirit, the;   Winds;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ascension of Christ;   Conversion;   Conviction;   God;   Helper;   Holy Spirit;   John, the Gospel of;   Regeneration;   Security of the Believer;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Advocate;   Children (Sons) of God;   God;   Holy Spirit;   John, Theology of;   Righteousness;   Trinity;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Advocate ;   Ascension (2);   Comforter ;   Condemnation (2);   Death of Christ;   Doctrines;   Example;   Manuscripts;   Mission;   Missions;   Omnipresence;   Pentecost ;   Propitiation (2);   Righteous, Righteousness;   Righteousness;   World ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ascension;   Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Conversion;   Fruit;   Holy ghost;   Pentecost;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   Twelve Apostles, the;   Kingdom or Church of Christ, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ascension;   Johannine Theology, the;   Trinity;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Apostle;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for May 22;  

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
Y'all are going to be made right with God when I get to him. I won't be around anymore, but I'll still be with you.
Legacy Standard Bible
and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you no longer see Me;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you no longer see Me;
Bible in Basic English
Of righteousness, because I go to the Father and you will see me no more;
Darby Translation
of righteousness, because I go away to [my] Father, and ye behold me no longer;
New King James Version
of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more;
Christian Standard Bible®
about righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see Me;
World English Bible
of righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you see me no more;
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Of righteousness, because I go to the Father, and ye see me no more;
Weymouth's New Testament
of righteousness, because I am going to the Father, and you will no longer see me;
King James Version (1611)
Of righteousnesse, because I goe to my Father, and ye see me no more.
Literal Translation
and concerning righteousness, because I am going to the Father, and you no longer see Me;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Of righteousnes, because I go to the father, and ye shal se me nomore.
Mace New Testament (1729)
because they believ'd not on me; of justice, because I shall be with my father, and ye shall see me no more expos'd:
Amplified Bible
about righteousness [personal integrity and godly character], because I am going to My Father and you will no longer see Me;
American Standard Version
of righteousness, because I go to the Father, and ye behold me no more;
Revised Standard Version
concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more;
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Of rightwesnes because I go to my father and ye shall se me no moare:
Update Bible Version
of righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you see me no more;
Webster's Bible Translation
Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
Young's Literal Translation
and concerning righteousness, because unto my Father I go away, and no more do ye behold me;
New Century Version
He will prove to them that being right with God comes from my going to the Father and not being seen anymore.
New English Translation
concerning righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer;
Complete Jewish Bible
about righteousness, in that I am going to the Father and you will no longer see me;
English Standard Version
concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Of righteousnesse, because I goe to my Father, and ye shall see me no more:
George Lamsa Translation
Concerning righteousness, because I go to my Father, and you will not see me again;
Hebrew Names Version
about righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you see me no more;
International Standard Version
of righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see me;John 3:14; 5:32; Acts 2:32;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
but of righteousness, because unto my Father I go, and you see me not again;
Murdock Translation
and of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more:
New Living Translation
Righteousness is available because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more.
New Life Bible
He will show the world about being right with God, because I go to My Father and you will see Me no more.
English Revised Version
of righteousness, because I go to the Father, and ye behold me no more;
Berean Standard Bible
in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see Me;
New Revised Standard
about righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, concerning righteousness, because, unto the Father, I go my way, and, no longer, do ye behold me;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And of justice: because I go to the Father: and you shall see me no longer.
King James Version
Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
Lexham English Bible
and concerning righteousness, because I am going away to the Father and you will see me no more,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Of righteousnes, because I go to my father, and ye shall see me no more.
Easy-to-Read Version
He will show them how wrong they are about how to be right with God. The Helper will do this, because I am going to the Father. You will not see me then.
New American Standard Bible
and regarding righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you no longer are going to see Me;
Good News Translation
they are wrong about what is right, because I am going to the Father and you will not see me any more;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and of riytwisnesse, for Y go to the fadir, and now ye schulen not se me;

Contextual Overview

7 But I tell you that I am going to do what is best for you. That is why I am going away. The Holy Spirit cannot come to help you until I leave. But after I am gone, I will send the Spirit to you. 8 The Spirit will come and show the people of this world the truth about sin and God's justice and the judgment. 9 The Spirit will show them that they are wrong about sin, because they didn't have faith in me. 10 They are wrong about God's justice, because I am going to the Father, and you won't see me again. 11 And they are wrong about the judgment, because God has already judged the ruler of this world. 12 I have much more to say to you, but right now it would be more than you could understand. 13 The Spirit shows what is true and will come and guide you into the full truth. The Spirit doesn't speak on his own. He will tell you only what he has heard from me, and he will let you know what is going to happen. 14 The Spirit will bring glory to me by taking my message and telling it to you. 15 Everything that the Father has is mine. That is why I have said that the Spirit takes my message and tells it to you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

righteousness: Isaiah 42:21, Isaiah 45:24, Isaiah 45:25, Jeremiah 23:5, Jeremiah 23:6, Daniel 9:24, Acts 2:32, Romans 1:17, Romans 3:21-26, Romans 5:17-21, Romans 8:33, Romans 8:34, Romans 10:3, Romans 10:4, 1 Corinthians 1:30, 1 Corinthians 15:14-20, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Galatians 5:5, Philippians 3:7-9, 1 Timothy 3:16, Hebrews 10:5-13

because: John 3:14, John 5:32

Reciprocal: John 16:5 - I John 16:14 - glorify John 16:16 - A

Cross-References

Genesis 16:1
Abram's wife Sarai had not been able to have any children. But she owned a young Egyptian slave woman named Hagar,
Genesis 16:2
and Sarai said to Abram, "The Lord has not given me any children. Sleep with my slave, and if she has a child, it will be mine." Abram agreed,
Genesis 16:3
and Sarai gave him Hagar to be his wife. This happened after Abram had lived in the land of Canaan for ten years.
Genesis 16:5
Then Sarai said to Abram, "It's all your fault! I gave you my slave woman, but she has been hateful to me ever since she found out she was pregnant. You have done me wrong, and you will have to answer to the Lord for this."
Genesis 16:6
Abram said, "All right! She's your slave, and you can do whatever you want with her." But Sarai began treating Hagar so harshly that she finally ran away.
Genesis 16:7
Hagar stopped to rest at a spring in the desert on the road to Shur. While she was there, the angel of the Lord came to her
Genesis 16:8
and asked, "Hagar, where have you come from, and where are you going?" She answered, "I'm running away from Sarai, my owner."
Genesis 16:9
The angel said, "Go back to Sarai and be her slave.
Genesis 16:12
But your son will live far from his relatives; he will be like a wild donkey, fighting everyone, and everyone fighting him."
Genesis 16:13
Hagar thought, "Have I really seen God and lived to tell about it?" So from then on she called him, "The God Who Sees Me."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Of righteousness, because I go to my Father,.... The "righteousness" here spoken of, does, in the first sense of the word, design the personal righteousness of Christ. The Jews had traduced him as a wicked man, said he was a sinner himself, and a friend of publicans and sinners; that he was guilty of blasphemy and sedition, maintained a familiarity with Satan, yea, that he had a devil: now the Spirit of God, by the mouth of Peter, on the day of "Pentecost", proved, to the conviction of the Jews, that all this was slander; that Christ was an innocent, holy, and righteous person, and a man approved of God among them, as they themselves must be conscious of, Acts 2:22; of all which, his going to the Father, and being received by him, were a full proof and demonstration. The effusion of the Spirit in that extraordinary manner upon the disciples, showed that he was gone to the Father, and had received from him the promise of the Holy Ghost, which he then shed abroad; and his going to the Father, and being set down by him at his right hand, made it clear that he came from him, and was no impostor; that he had acted the faithful and upright part, and was free from all the charges the Jews had laid against, him. Moreover, this may also be very well understood of the mediatorial righteousness of Christ, which he, as the surety and Saviour of his people, was to work out and bring in for them, in obedience to the law of God; which required holiness of nature, perfection of obedience, and bearing its penalty, death; all which were complied with by Christ, and so the whole righteousness of the law was fulfilled by him; and which is imputed by God as the justifying righteousness of all that believe in Jesus; and the proof of his having wrought out this, lies in his going to the Father; for as this was the work he came about, the will of his Father he came to do, had he not done it, it is reasonable to think he would never have met with such a welcome from him: besides, the donation of the Spirit, in consequence of its being wrought out, most clearly demonstrates it: likewise in the ordinary work of the Spirit of God upon the souls of his people, he always convinces them of the necessity of a righteousness to justify them before God, to render them acceptable in his sight, and to give them a right to the heavenly glory; for to admit them without a righteousness, or any unrighteous persons there, would be contrary to the justice of God, disagreeable to his pure and holy nature, and destructive of the comfort and happiness of the saints. He, the Spirit of God, convinces men of the insufficiency of their own righteousness for such purposes; that they have no righteousness that deserves the name of one, and that what they have will not justify them before God, and entitle them to heaven: and this he does, by showing them the corruption of their nature, their daily sins and infirmities, in thought, word, and deed; the purity of the divine perfections, and the spirituality and extensiveness of the law of God; which when a man is thoroughly apprized of, he can never hope for and expect justification before God by his own righteousness: hence the Spirit of God proceeds to convince men of the glory, excellency, fulness, and suitableness of the righteousness of Christ; which he does, by revealing it to them in the Gospel, setting it before them, and working faith in them to lay hold upon it; when they desire to be found in Christ, not having on their own, but his righteousness; which convictions appear by the mean thoughts they have of their own righteousness, by hungering after Christ's, by disclaiming all but his, by their constant mention of it, dependence on it, and satisfaction in it; and thus to convince of it, is the peculiar work of the Spirit, since naturally men are fond of their own righteousness, are ignorant of Christ's, and set against it. It is added,

and ye see me no more; not but that the disciples were to see Christ, and did see him after his resurrection, and will with the rest of the saints see him at his second coming: but the meaning is, that they should see him no more, in a mean and despicable condition on earth, in a state of humiliation, in the form of a servant, he having faithfully performed the whole work he came about, and particularly that of righteousness, he came to bring in.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Of righteousness - This seems clearly to refer to the righteousness or innocence of Jesus himself. He was now persecuted. He was soon to be arraigned on heavy charges, and condemned by the highest authority of the nation as guilty. Yet, though condemned, he says that the Holy Spirit would descend and convince the world that he was innocent.

Because I go to my Father - That is, the amazing miracle of his resurrection and ascension to God would be a demonstration of his innocence that would satisfy the Jews and Gentiles. God would not raise up an impostor. If he had been truly guilty, as the Jews who condemned him pretended, God would not have set his seal to the imposture by raising him from the dead; but when he did raise him up and exalt him to his own right hand, he gave his attestation to his innocence; he showed that he approved his work, and gave evidence conclusive that Jesus was sent from God. To this proof of the innocence of Jesus the apostles often refer, Acts 2:22-24; Acts 17:31; Romans 1:4; 1 Corinthians 15:14, etc.; 1 Timothy 3:16. This same proof of the innocence or righteousness of the Savior is as satisfactory now as it was then. One of the deepest feelings which an awakened sinner has, is his conviction of the righteousness of Jesus Christ. He sees that he is holy; that his own opposition to him has been unprovoked, unjust, and base; and it is this which so often overwhelms his soul with the conviction of his own unworthiness, and with earnest desires to obtain a better righteousness than his own.

And ye see me no more - That is, he was to be taken away from them, and they would not see him until his return to judgment; yet this source of grief to them would be the means of establishing his religion and greatly blessing others.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 16:10. Of righteousness — Of my innocence and holiness, because I go away to my Father; of which my resurrection from the dead, and my ascension to heaven, shall be complete proofs. Christ was treated by the Jews as an impostor; as a magician; as one possessed by the devil; as a wicked person, seducer, and destroyer of the law. His vindication from these charges he chiefly referred to the Holy Spirit, the Advocate, who, by his influences on the minds of the people, and by his eloquence and energy in the ministry of the apostles, convinced both the Jews and the Gentiles that the sentence of the Jewish rulers was unjust and infamous, and that the very person whom they had crucified was both Lord and Christ - Lord, the great governor of the universe; and Christ, the Lord's anointed, the promised Messiah. It was a matter of the utmost consequence to the Christian cause to have the innocence and holiness of its founder demonstrated, and the crime of the Jews in putting him to death made manifest to the world. This also has been literally fulfilled: the universe that has heard of him believes the righteousness and innocence of Jesus; and the Jews, his persecutors, are confounded and execrated throughout the habitable globe.


 
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