“I have told you these things so that you will not fall away.
1. These things I have spoken to you. He again states that none of those things which he has spoken are superfluous; for, since wars and contests await them, it is necessary that they should be provided beforehand with the necessary arms. Yet he also means that, if they meditate deeply on this doctrine, they will be fully prepared for resistance.
Christ dealt faithfully with his disciples when he sent them forth on his errands, for he told them the worst of it, that they might sit down and count the cost. He had told them in the chapter before to expect the world's hatred; now here in these verses, I.
Commenting on John 16:1-6
Verse 1. These things. The things spoken in the two previous chapters, promising them divine aid and directing them in the path of duty. Be offended. For the meaning of the word offend, . It means here the same as to stumble or fall --that is to apostatize.