John 16:9 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁹Of sin , because they believe not on me;

John 16:9 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 15:22-25
If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. …
John 8:23-24
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 12:47-48
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. …
Hebrews 3:12
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
Mark 16:16
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

Topics

Atheism Baptism Comforter Consolation Conviction Disbelief Fellowship Gifts from God

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 7-15)

As it was usual with the Old Testament prophets to comfort the church in its calamities with the promise of the Messiah (Isa. 9:6; Mic. 5:6; Zech. 3:8); so, the Messiah being come, the promise of the Spirit was the great cordial, and is still. Three things we have here concerning the Comforter’s coming :-- I. That Christ’s departure was absolutely necessary to the Comforter’s coming, John 16:7. Th…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 9)

9. Of sin, because they believe not on me--As all sin has its root in unbelief, so the most aggravated form of unbelief is the rejection of Christ. The Spirit, however, in fastening this truth upon the conscience, does not extinguish, but, on the contrary, does consummate and intensify, the sense of all other sins.