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John 16:22-23 KJV
John · chapter 16 · verses 22–23 · King James Version
22And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. 23And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.John 16:22-23 · King James Version
John 16:22-23 in context
20Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
21A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
22And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
23And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
24Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
25These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
Cross references
- 1 Peter 1:8
- John 15:7
- John 14:13-14
- Matthew 21:22
- Isaiah 65:24
- 1 John 5:14-16
- Matthew 7:7
- John 16:26
- John 14:20
Key words (Strong's)
- Whatsoeverhososas great as, as far as, how much, how many, whoeverG3745 →
- Whatsoeveranhas no exact English equivalent, see definitions under AVG302 →
- rejoicechairōto rejoice, be glad, to rejoice exceedingly, to be well, thrive, in salutations, hail!…G5463 →
- nothingoudeisno one, nothingG3762 →
- sorrowlypēsorrow, pain, grief, annoyance, affliction, of persons mourningG3077 →
- takethairōto raise up, elevate, lift up, to raise from the ground, take up stones, to raise…G142 →
- Verilyamēnfirm, metaph. faithful, verily, amen, at the beginning of a discourseG281 →
- Fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
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