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Jesus told his disciples that it was for their benefit that he would leave. That is because he would send the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit would prove that the world was wrong in their sin and righteousness and judgment. He would also lead the disciples into all truth, which comes from Jesus and his Father.
Here are some other possible section headings:
What the Holy Spirit would do when he came
The Holy Spirit will teach the world and Jesus’ disciples
Jesus told his disciples that he would go back to God and send the Holy Spirit to them. The Holy Spirit would work in the world convicting the people there.
in regard to sin, because they do not believe in Me;
The Helper will convict unbelievers of their sin because they do not trust in me.
The Counselor will show that they are wrong about sin, because the real sin is that people refuse to believe in me.
in regard to sin, because they do not believe in Me: The Greek word that the BSB translates as because introduces the reason that the Holy Spirit would convict them of sin. The people of the world needed the Holy Spirit to convict them because they did not believe in Jesus Christ.
in regard to sin: It may be natural to begin a new sentence here and repeat the verb from 16:7:
He will convict them of sin because they do not believe in me.
He will show that they have sinned.
they: This word refers to people in general who do not believe in Jesus. For example:
because people don’t believe in me (GW)
do not believe in Me: To believe in Jesus includes the idea of believing the facts about who Jesus was and what he did. But it also includes the idea of trusting Jesus instead of trusting oneself or someone else. Both ideas are very closely related. If someone believes the facts about Jesus, it should result in trusting him. See how you translated similar phrases in 1:12, 2:11, and 3:16. Here are other ways to translate this clause:
didn’t have faith in me (CEV)
refuse to believe in me (NJB)
do not trust in me
περὶ ἁμαρτίας μέν, ὅτι οὐ πιστεύουσιν εἰς ἐμὲ
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: περί ἁμαρτίας μέν ὅτι οὒ πιστεύουσιν εἰς ἐμέ)
Alternate translation: [about their sinfulness, because they are guilty of sin by not believing in me]
16:8-11 One of the Spirit’s roles is to convict the world. Convict is a legal term: The world had conducted its trial of Jesus, examining the evidence for his case (his signs and claims). Now the world would stand trial before the Spirit, and its guilt would be proven.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.