John 16:33

Jesus promises his disciples peace in him amid the world's trouble, because he has overcome the world. This is the climactic encouragement of the upper-room discourse.

Cross-references · 40

• John 14:27Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
• 1 Jn 5:4For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
• 2 Th 3:16Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.
• 1 Jn 4:4Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
• Phil 4:7And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
• John 14:1Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
• 2 Tim 3:12Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
• 1 Pet 5:9Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
• Acts 14:22Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
• John 15:18–21If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
• Rom 8:36–37As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
• Rev 3:21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
• Heb 11:25Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
• Rev 7:14And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
• 1 Th 3:7Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:
• Rev 12:11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
• Col 1:20And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
• 2 Cor 1:3Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
• Eph 2:14–17For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
• 2 Cor 13:11Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
• Heb 13:20–21Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
• 1 Th 3:4For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
• Ps 85:8–11I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
• 2 Cor 7:4Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
• Rom 5:1–2Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
• Isa 9:6–7For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
• Gal 6:14But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
• Acts 27:25Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
• Mic 5:5And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
• Ps 68:18Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
• Gal 1:4Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
• John 12:31Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
• Luke 19:38Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
• Acts 9:31Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
• Acts 27:22And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship.
• Luke 2:14Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
• Acts 23:11And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
• Heb 7:2To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
• John 16:11Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
• 1 Sam 17:51–52Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.

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