John 16:7
But Y seie to you treuthe, it spedith to you, that Y go; for if Y go not forth, the coumfortour schal not come to you; but if Y go forth, Y schal sende hym to you.
Wycliffe (portions)
In The King James Version
In Context
6but for Y haue spokun to you these thingis, heuynesse hath fulfillid youre herte.
8And whanne he cometh, he schal repreue the world of synne, and of riytwisnesse, and of doom.
Cross References
Luke 9:27And Y seie to you, verily ther ben summe stondynge here, whiche schulen not taste deeth, til thei seen the rewme of God.
John 7:39But he seide this thing of the Spirit, whom men that bileueden in hym schulden take; for the Spirit was not yit youun, for Jhesus was not yit glorified.
John 11:50Ye witen nothing, ne thenken, that it spedith to you, that o man die for the puple, and that al the folc perische not.
John 14:16And Y schal preye the fadir, and he schal yyue to you another coumfortour,
John 14:28Ye han herd, that Y seide to you, Y go, and come to you. If ye loueden me, forsothe ye schulden haue ioye, for Y go to the fadir, for the fadir is grettere than Y.
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 →