John 16:7
Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I don’t go away, the Counselor won’t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
In Context
6But because I have told you these things, sorrow has filled your heart.
8When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;
Cross References
Psalms 68:18You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among people, yes, among the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell there.
Luke 9:27But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand here who will in no way taste of death until they see God’s Kingdom.”
John 7:39But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.
John 11:50nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.”
John 14:16I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever:
John 14:28You heard how I told you, ‘I am going away, and I will come back to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced because I said ‘I am going to my Father;’ for the 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 →