John 16:20

Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and mourn aloud, but the world will rejoice. You will be full of sorrow, but your sorrow will become joy.
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Treated in 6 passages across the library.

  1. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    The worst things work for good to the godly cites John xvi. 20

    …God sweetens outward pain with inward peace. “Your sorrow shall be turned into joy” (John xvi. 20). Here is the water turned into wine. After a bitter pill, God gives sugar. Paul had his…

  2. The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Month of November cites John 16:20

    …of with God on my side? Nov. 26 HEAVENLY ALCHEMY "Your sorrow shall be turned into joy" John 16:20 Their particular sorrow was the death and absence of their Lord, and it was turned into…

  3. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 8 — Of Bearing the Cross cites John 16:20

    …his disciples differently: “Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice,” (John 16:20). And lest any one should regard this as vicious, he expressly declares, “Blessed are…

  4. With and Without Christ · Sadhu Sundar Singh

    Christians with Christ cites John xvi. 20

    …conscious that the Living Christ is with them, and their sorrow is “turned into joy” (John xvi. 20). This does not mean that on account of sorrow, or after sorrow is over, joy is bound to…

  5. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    4.2 Repentance cites John 16: 20

    …nicham, signifies consolari, ‘to take comfort.’ ‘Your sorrow shall be turned into joy.’ John 16: 20. Christ turns the water of tears into wine. David, who was the great mourner in Israel…

  6. At the Master's Feet · Sadhu Sundar Singh

    The Cross and the Mystery of Suffering cites John xvi.20-22

    …on your head, and the Sun of Righteousness rise upon you to set no more for ever (John xvi.20-22).

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