John 16:1

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John 16:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 “I have told you these things so that you will not fall away.

2 They 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.

3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.

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John 16:4

But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.

John 15:11

I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.

Matthew 11:6

Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”

Matthew 13:21

But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.

Matthew 13:57

And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”

Matthew 24:10

At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,

Matthew 26:31

Then Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

Matthew 26:32

But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”

Matthew 26:33

Peter said to Him, “Even if all fall away on account of You, I never will.”

Romans 14:21

It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.

Philippians 1:10

so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,

1 Peter 2:8

and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.