1. "I have told you all of this so that you will not go down the wrong path.
2. You will be thrown out of the synagogue. In fact, a time is coming when those who kill you will think they are doing God a favor.
3. They will do things like that because they do not know the Father or me.
4. "Why have I told you this? So that when the time comes, you will remember that I warned you. I didn't tell you this at first because I was with you.
5. "Now I am going to the One who sent me. But none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?'
6. Because I have said these things, you are filled with sadness.
7. "But what I'm about to tell you is true. It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Friend will not come to help you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
8. When he comes, he will prove that the world's people are guilty. He will prove their guilt concerning sin and godliness and judgment.
9. "The world is guilty as far as sin is concerned. That is because people do not believe in me.