John 16:7
But yet I tell you the truth: it is profitable for you that I go away. For if I go not away, the Paraclete will not come to you. But if I go away, I will send him to you.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
6But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.
8And when he has come, he will convince the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.
Cross References
Luke 9:27But I say to you, of a truth, there are some of these who stand here that shall not taste of death till they see the kingdom of God.
John 7:39But this he spoke of the Spirit, which those who believe on him were about to receive; for the Holy Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
John 11:50nor do you consider that it is profitable for us, that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish.
John 14:16and I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Paraclete, that he may dwell with you forever;
John 14:28You have heard that I said to you, I am going away, and am coming again to you. If you loved me, you would rejoice, because I go to the Father; for 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 →