John 16:22 (DBY)

Passage

And ye now therefore have grief; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one takes from you.

Nearby Context

John 16:20 Verily, verily, I say to you, that ye shall weep and lament, ye, but the world shall rejoice; and ye will be grieved, but your grief shall be turned to joy.

John 16:21 A woman, when she gives birth to a child, has grief because her hour has come; but when the child is born, she no longer remembers the trouble, on account of the joy that a man has been born into the world.

John 16:22 And ye now therefore have grief; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one takes from you.

John 16:23 And in that day ye shall demand nothing of me: verily, verily, I say to you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give you.

John 16:24 Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "grief", "again", "heart", "shall", "rejoice", and "takes". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "grief", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "A woman when she gives birth to..." into verse 23's "And in that day ye shall demand...", so "therefore" and "grief" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "therefore" and "grief" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.