John 16:1 (LSB)

Passage

“These things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from stumbling.

Nearby Context

John 16:1 “These things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from stumbling.

John 16:2 They will put you out of the synagogue, but an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God.

John 16:3 These things they will do because they did not know the Father or Me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "things", "spoken", "kept", and "stumbling". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "things" and "spoken", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "They will put you out of the...", so "things" and "spoken" should be read forward into that movement. 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 "things" and "spoken" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.