John 16:1
New International Version
“All this I have told you so that you will not fall away.

New Living Translation
“I have told you these things so that you won’t abandon your faith.

English Standard Version
“I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away.

Berean Standard Bible
“I have told you these things so that you will not fall away.

Berean Literal Bible
I have spoken these things to you that you might not fall away.

King James Bible
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.

New King James Version
“These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble.

New American Standard Bible
“These things I have spoken to you so that you will not be led into sin.

NASB 1995
“These things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from stumbling.

NASB 1977
“These things I have spoken to you, that you may be kept from stumbling.

Legacy Standard Bible
“These things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from stumbling.

Amplified Bible
“I have told you these things so that you will not stumble or be caught off guard and fall away.

Christian Standard Bible
“I have told you these things to keep you from stumbling.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
“I have told you these things to keep you from stumbling.

American Standard Version
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be caused to stumble.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“I have spoken these things with you that you would not be subverted.”

Contemporary English Version
I am telling you these things, so that you will not turn away.

Douay-Rheims Bible
THESE things have I spoken to you, that you may not be scandalized.

English Revised Version
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be made to stumble.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[Jesus continued,] "I have said these things to you so that you won't lose your faith.

Good News Translation
"I have told you this, so that you will not give up your faith.

International Standard Version
"I have told you this to keep you from falling away.

Literal Standard Version
“These things I have spoken to you, that you may not be stumbled.

Majority Standard Bible
“I have told you these things so that you will not fall away.

New American Bible
“I have told you this so that you may not fall away.

NET Bible
"I have told you all these things so that you will not fall away.

New Revised Standard Version
“I have said these things to you to keep you from stumbling.

New Heart English Bible
"I have said all these things to you so that you may be kept from stumbling.

Webster's Bible Translation
These things have I spoken to you, that ye should not be offended.

Weymouth New Testament
"These things I have spoken to you in order to clear stumbling-blocks out of your path.

World English Bible
“I have said these things to you so that you wouldn’t be caused to stumble.

Young's Literal Translation
'These things I have spoken to you, that ye may not be stumbled,

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Context
Persecution Foretold
1“I have told you these things so that you will not fall away. 2They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.…

Cross References
Matthew 11:6
Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me."

John 15:18
If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.


Treasury of Scripture

These things have I spoken to you, that you should not be offended.

John 16:4
But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.

John 15:11
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

Matthew 11:6
And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

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John 16
1. Jesus comforts his disciples by the promise of the Holy Spirit, and his ascension;
23. assures their prayers made in his name to be acceptable.
33. Peace in Jesus, and in the world affliction.














(1) These things have I spoken unto you.--Comp. Note on John 15:17. Here, too, the reference is to the things which he had just said (John 16:17-27). He had foretold them of the hatred of the world and also of the witness of the Spirit.

That ye should not be offended.--Comp. Matthew 11:6; Matthew 13:21; Matthew 24:10, et al. In St. John the word occurs only here and in John 6:61. . . .

Verses 1-6. - (c) The bitter issues of the hostility of the world. Verse 1. - These things. What things? Primarily the explanation he had given of the opposition and hatred of the world, and the vast consolation which he had promised in the identification of the disciples with himself, and the witness which would be borne by the Paraclete; but not exclusively, for they include all the preparatory instructions based on his own Person, his going to the Father, his return in the power of the Spirit. Have I spoken to you, that ye should not be offended; that you should not be made to fall over the stumbling block of persecution, and the refusal of the people to hear your message concerning me. For the moment he passes over the terrible stumbling and falling of that very night, whose shadows were deepening as the hours moved on, and he anticipated their future temptations and the source of their ultimate heroism.

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Greek
I have told
λελάληκα (lelalēka)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 2980: A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words.

you
ὑμῖν (hymin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

these things
Ταῦτα (Tauta)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

so that
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

you will not fall away.
σκανδαλισθῆτε (skandalisthēte)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4624: From skandalon; to entrap, i.e. Trip up (transitively) or entice to sin, apostasy or displeasure).


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