“When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;”
— WEB
John 16:8
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:”
— KJV
“And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:”
— ASV
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Commentary
And when he is come, he will, &c.--This is one of the passages most pregnant with thought in the profound discourses of Christ; with a few great strokes depicting all and every part of the ministry of the Holy Ghost in the world--His operation with reference to individuals as well as the mass, on believers and unbelievers alike [OLSHAUSEN]. he will reprove--This is too weak a word to express what is meant. Reproof is indeed implied in the term employed, and doubtless the word begins with it. But convict or convince is the thing intended; and as the one expresses the work of the Spirit on the unbelieving portion of mankind, and the other on the believing, it is better not to restrict it to either.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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