John 16:7
Nevertheless I tell you the truth, it is expedient for you that I depart, for if I do not depart, the helper will not come to you. But whenever I go, I will send him to you.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
6But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.
8And having come, he will convict the world about sin, and about justice, and about judgment.
Cross References
Psalms 68:18Thou have ascended on high. Thou have led captivity captive. Thou have received gifts among men, yea, [among] the rebellious also, that LORD God might dwell [with them].
Luke 9:27But I tell you truly, there are some of those who stand here, who will, no, not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
John 7:39But he spoke this about the Spirit that those who believe in him were going to receive, for Holy Spirit was not yet, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
John 11:50nor do ye consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and not the whole nation should perish.
John 14:16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another helper, so that he may dwell with you into the age,
John 14:28Ye heard that I said to you, I go, and I come to you. If ye loved me, ye would have rejoiced because I said I go to the Father, because my Father is greater than I.
Matthew Henry on John 16:2-7
Persecution Foretold; The Expediency of Christ's Departure. 1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. 2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. 3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. 4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning,… Read the whole commentary →