John 16:8

New Living Translation

And when he comes, he will convict the world of its sin, and of God's righteousness, and of the coming judgment.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When he comes, he will convict the world about sin, righteousness, and judgment:

King James Version (1611)
And when he is come, he will reproue the world of sinne, and of righteousnesse, and of iudgement.

King James Version
And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

English Standard Version
And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:

New American Standard Bible
"And He, when He comes, will convict the world regarding sin, and righteousness, and judgment:

New Century Version
When the Helper comes, he will prove to the people of the world the truth about sin, about being right with God, and about judgment.

Amplified Bible
"And He, when He comes, will convict the world about [the guilt of] sin [and the need for a Savior], and about righteousness, and about judgment:

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment;

Legacy Standard Bible
And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment;

Berean Standard Bible
And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:

Contemporary English Version
The Spirit will come and show the people of this world the truth about sin and God's justice and the judgment.

Complete Jewish Bible
"When he comes, he will show that the world is wrong about sin, about righteousness and about judgment —

Darby Translation
And having come, he will bring demonstration to the world, of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

Easy-to-Read Version
"When the Helper comes, he will show the people of the world how wrong they are about sin, about being right with God, and about judgment.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And when he is come, he will reproue the worlde of sinne, and of righteousnesse, and of iudgement.

George Lamsa Translation
And when he is come, he will rebuke the world concerning sin, concerning righteousness, and concerning judgment.

Good News Translation
And when he comes, he will prove to the people of the world that they are wrong about sin and about what is right and about God's judgment.

Lexham English Bible
And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and concerning righteousness and concerning judgment:

Literal Translation
And having come, that One will convict the world concerning sin, and concerning righteousness, and concerning judgment.

American Standard Version
And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

Bible in Basic English
And he, when he comes, will make the world conscious of sin, and of righteousness, and of being judged:

Hebrew Names Version
When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;

International Standard Version
When he comes, he will convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment -

Etheridge Translation
And when he hath come, he will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.

Murdock Translation
And when he is come, he will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And whe he is come, he wyll rebuke the world of sinne, and of righteousnes, and of iudgement.

English Revised Version
And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

World English Bible
When he has come, he will convict the world in respect to sin, and righteousness, and judgment;

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he coming will convince the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

Weymouth's New Testament
And He, when He comes, will convict the world in respect of sin, of righteousness, and of judgement; --

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne he cometh, he schal repreue the world of synne, and of riytwisnesse, and of doom.

Update Bible Version
And he, when he has come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

Webster's Bible Translation
And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

New English Translation
And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong concerning sin and righteousness and judgment—

New King James Version
And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

New Life Bible
When the Helper comes, He will show the world the truth about sin. He will show the world about being right with God. And He will show the world what it is to be guilty.

New Revised Standard
And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, having come, He, will reprove the world - Concerning sin, and concerning righteousness, and concerning judgment:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he is come, he will convince the world of sin and of justice and of judgment.

Revised Standard Version
And when he comes, he will convince the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And when he is come he will rebuke ye worlde of synne and of rightwesnes and of iudgement.

Young's Literal Translation
and having come, He will convict the world concerning sin, and concerning righteousness, and concerning judgment;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan he commeth, he shal rebuke the worlde of synne, and of righteousnes, & of iudgment.

Mace New Testament (1729)
and when he is come, he will convince the world of sin, of justice, of judgment:

THE MESSAGE
"When he comes, he'll expose the error of the godless world's view of sin, righteousness, and judgment: He'll show them that their refusal to believe in me is their basic sin; that righteousness comes from above, where I am with the Father, out of their sight and control; that judgment takes place as the ruler of this godless world is brought to trial and convicted.

Simplified Cowboy Version
When he gets here, he's gonna show people three things: sin, being right with God, and the judgment that waits for unbelievers.

Contextual Overview

⁷ But 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. ⁸ And when he comes, he will convict the world of its sin, and of God's righteousness, and of the coming judgment. ⁹ The world's sin is that it refuses to believe in me. ¹⁰ Righteousness is available because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more. ¹¹ Judgment will come because the ruler of this world has already been judged. ¹² "There is so much more I want to tell you, but you can't bear it now. ¹³ When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future. ¹⁴ He will bring me glory by telling you whatever he receives from me. ¹⁵ All that belongs to the Father is mine; this is why I said, ‘The Spirit will tell you whatever he receives from me.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he will: Zechariah 12:10, Acts 2:37, Acts 16:29, Acts 16:30

reprove: or, convince, John 8:9, John 8:46, 1 Corinthians 14:24, Jude 1:15

Reciprocal: Leviticus 13:12 - cover all Psalms 98:2 - righteousness Isaiah 2:4 - And he Isaiah 4:4 - by the spirit Isaiah 51:4 - I will make Micah 4:3 - he shall judge John 12:31 - is Acts 24:25 - righteousness Romans 8:15 - the spirit 1 Corinthians 2:4 - but 1 Corinthians 2:14 - the things Galatians 5:5 - through Philippians 3:9 - the righteousness 1 Timothy 3:16 - justified James 2:9 - are

Cross-References

Genesis 3:9
Then the Lord God called to the man, "Where are you?"

Genesis 4:10
But the Lord said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground!

Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not been able to bear children for him. But she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.

Genesis 16:2
So Sarai said to Abram, "The Lord has prevented me from having children. Go and sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have children through her." And Abram agreed with Sarai's proposal.

Genesis 16:4
So Abram had sexual relations with Hagar, and she became pregnant. But when Hagar knew she was pregnant, she began to treat her mistress, Sarai, with contempt.

Genesis 16:5
Then Sarai said to Abram, "This is all your fault! I put my servant into your arms, but now that she's pregnant she treats me with contempt. The Lord will show who's wrong—you or me!"

Genesis 16:8
The angel said to her, "Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from, and where are you going?" "I'm running away from my mistress, Sarai," she replied.

1 Samuel 26:19
But now let my lord the king listen to his servant. If the Lord has stirred you up against me, then let him accept my offering. But if this is simply a human scheme, then may those involved be cursed by the Lord . For they have driven me from my home, so I can no longer live among the Lord 's people, and they have said, ‘Go, worship pagan gods.'

Ecclesiastes 10:4
If your boss is angry at you, don't quit! A quiet spirit can overcome even great mistakes.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when he is come,.... The coming of the Spirit here, chiefly designs his descent upon the apostles, at the day of "Pentecost": as the things ascribed to him, and which were then done by him, clearly show; though it may also include his coming along with, and by the ministration of the Gospel, into the hearts of his people at conversion, in all after ages of time:

he will reprove the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment: by "the world" is principally meant, the Jews; the world among whom Christ personally was, who knew him not, disbelieved him, rejected him as the Messiah, hated and persecuted him, even unto death; though not to the exclusion of the Gentiles, the whole world that lies in wickedness; since both joined, and were concerned in these things, and reproved of them; which "reproving", as it may respect different persons, may intend both such reproofs and convictions, as are not attended with conversion, and issue in salvation; and such as are powerful, spiritual, and to saving purposes: the several things the Spirit of God is said to reprove of, being repeated in the following verses, with reasons or specifications annexed to them, will be there considered.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He will reprove - The word translated “reprove” means commonly to demonstrate by argument, to prove, to persuade anyone to do a thing by presenting reasons. It hence means also to convince of anything, and particularly to convince of crime. This is its meaning here. He will convince or convict the world of sin. That is, he will so apply the truths of God to men’s own minds as to convince them by fair and sufficient arguments that they are sinners, and cause them to feel this. This is the nature of conviction always.

The world - Sinners. The men of the world. All men are by nature sinners, and the term the world may be applied to them all, John 1:10; John 12:31; 1 John 5:19.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 16:8. He will reprove — ελεγξει, He will demonstrate these matters so clearly as to leave no doubt on the minds of those who are simple of heart; and so fully as to confound and shut the mouths of those who are gainsayers. See Acts 2:1, c.

The world — The Jewish nation first, and afterwards the Gentile world for his influences shall not be confined to one people, place, or time.