John 16 is the sixteenth chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records Jesus' continued farewell discourse to his disciples, set on the last night before his crucifixion. Three key words in this chapter, ἁμαρτία, δικαιοσύνη, κρίσις (sin, righteousness and judgment, ) "comprehend the three great steps of advance in spiritual truth among men". Jesus speaks about the work of the Holy Spirit, the joy of the believers and his victory over the world. The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that John composed this Gospel. Text The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 33 verses. Textual witnesses Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are: Papyrus 75 (AD 175–225) Papyrus 5 (c. 250; extant verses: 14–30) Papyrus 22 (c. 250) Codex Vaticanus (325-350) Codex Sinaiticus (330-360) Codex Bezae (c. 400) Codex Alexandrinus (400-440) Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (c. 450; extant verses 22–33) Papyrus 60 (c. 700; extant verses 29–33) Places The setting for the discourse in this chapter and the following chapter appears to be in Jerusalem. The precise location is not specified, but John 18:1 states that afterwards, "Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley". Purpose The evangelist's purpose in this section of his gospel is to support the early Church for whom he is writing, to ensure that they do not fall away (, hina mē skandalisthēte) (). Some commentators suggest he is writing for a specific group of believers called the Johannine Community. Verse 1 All this I have told you so that you will not fall away. Heinrich Meyer relates "all this" to , the section of this discourse which anticipates the world's hatred for the disciples. Translations vary widely in the way they treat the opening verse of this chapter: that ye should not be caused to stumble (American Standard Version) that ye should not lose faith (21st Century King James Version) that ye should not be offended. (Geneva Bible) that you should not be offended (taken unawares and falter, or be caused to stumble and fall away (Amplified Bible) so that you will not fall away (New International Version) so that you won't be caught by surprise (Complete Jewish Bible) to keep you from being afraid (Contemporary English Version) that you may not be scandalized (Douay–Rheims Bible) so that