John 16:33
33 I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”
World English Bible (WEB)
On John 16:33: the context of "In the world you have oppression; but cheer up!" a realistic comfort and why it is read in hard days.
John 16:33 is among the words that close Jesus' farewell to his disciples. It is realistic about what awaits them: "In the world you have oppression." It does not deny hardship.
But the sentence does not end there; a call to courage follows at once. The comfort arises not from the absence of trouble but from there being a support in the midst of it. In this way the saying is not an easy consolation.
You can move to the chapter below to see how the words read together with the whole farewell. Related collections on courage and fear bridge to other verses that carry the same assurance.