“I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.””
— WEB
John 16:33
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“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”
— KJV
“These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”
— ASV
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Commentary
These things I have spoken unto you--not the immediately preceding words, but this whole discourse, of which these were the very last words, and which He thus winds up. that in me ye might have peace--in the sublime sense before explained. (See on Joh 14:27). In the world ye shall have tribulation--specially arising from its deadly opposition to those who "are not of the world, but chosen out of the world." So that the "peace" promised was far from an unruffled one. I have overcome the world--not only before you, but for you, that ye may be able to do the same (Jo1 5:4-5). Next: John Chapter 17
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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