John 16:9
Of sin, because they believe not on me;
KJV
περὶ ἁμαρτίας μέν, ὅτι οὐ πιστεύουσιν εἰς ἐμέ·
Greek NT
De peccato quidem, quia non crediderunt in me.
Vulgate
of sin, because they believe not on me;
ASV
Of sin: because they believed not in me.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
μέν
men
particle · 177×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
πιστεύω
pisteuo
verb · 241×
ἁμαρτία
amartia
noun · 173×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 3 passages
§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…
§1433Since Easter, the Holy Spirit has proved "the world wrong about sin,"29 i.e., proved that the world has not believed in him whom the Father has sent. But this same Spirit who brings sin to light is also the Consoler who gives the human heart grace for repentance and conversion.30
Cross-references
- Acts 2:22 — Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
- Acts 3:14 — But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
- Heb 3:12 — Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
- Heb 10:28 — He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
- John 3:18 — He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
- John 8:23 — And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
- John 8:42 — Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
- John 12:47 — And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
- John 15:22 — If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.
- Mark 16:16 — He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
- 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.