Conservative Friends Bible Study of The Gospel of John #27

John 16:5-33

We read John 16 closely in Greek and wrestle with why Jesus says it is better that he goes away so the Advocate can come. We connect word choices in translation to lived faith, where the Spirit’s inward work becomes the deepest source of conviction, clarity, and peace. 
• Symphero as advantageous, beneficial, profitable, useful 
• Why Jesus’ departure makes room for the Spirit of truth 
• Belief as trust and confidence in a condemned and crucified man 
• Miracles in historical context and why inward conviction matters 
• Sin, righteousness, judgment as hamartia, dikaiosyne, krisis 
• Elencho as expose, reprove, convict, prove clearly 
• “A little while” and childbirth as a map from grief to joy 
• Praying in Jesus’ name as sharing his nature, not a magic phrase 
• Paroimia as veiled sayings and why spiritual language stays fluid 
• “I have overcome the world” as victory over worldliness and renewed mind 

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