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John 16:10

Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;

KJV

περὶ δικαιοσύνης δέ, ὅτι πρὸς τὸν πατέρα ὑπάγω καὶ οὐκέτι θεωρεῖτέ με·

Greek NT

De justitia vero, quia ad Patrem vado, et jam non videbitis me.

Vulgate

of righteousness, because I go to the Father, and ye behold me no more;

ASV

And of justice: because I go to the Father: and you shall see me no longer.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δικαιοσύνη
dikaiosune
noun · 92×
θεωρέω
theoreo
verb · 57×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὐκέτι
ouketi
adverb · 47×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑπάγω
upago
verb · 81×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: πατέρα | WH/Treg/NIV: πατέρα | RP: + μου
  • πατέραSBLGNT
  • πατέραWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + μουRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§729Only when the hour has arrived for his glorification does Jesus promise the coming of the Holy Spirit, since his Death and Resurrection will fulfill the promise made to the fathers.116 The Spirit of truth, the other Paraclete, will be given by the Father in answer to Jesus' prayer; he will be sent by the Father in Jesus' name; and Jesus will send him from the Father's side, sin…
§1287This fullness of the Spirit was not to remain uniquely the Messiah's, but was to be communicated to the whole messianic people.93 On several occasions Christ promised this outpouring of the Spirit,94 a promise which he fulfilled first on Easter Sunday and then more strikingly at Pentecost.95 Filled with the Holy Spirit the apostles began to proclaim "the mighty works of God," a…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 1:30 — But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
  • 1Cor 15:14 — And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
  • 1Pet 3:18 — For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
  • 1Tim 3:16 — And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up int
  • 2Cor 5:21 — For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
  • Acts 3:14 — But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
  • Heb 10:5 — Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
  • Isa 45:24 — Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
  • Jer 23:5 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
  • John 16:5 — But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
  • Phil 3:7 — But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
  • Rom 8:33 — Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.
  • Rom 10:3 — For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.