"Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not …" — John 16:7

John 16:7 · KJV

“Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.”

— John 16:7

Verse 6

But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.

Verse 8

And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: {reprove: or, convince}

John 16 — Context

But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?

But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.

Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: {reprove: or, convince}

Of sin, because they believe not on me;

Cross References

John 14:26

But the Comforter, {which is} the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

John 14:16-17

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

John 15:26

But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, {even} the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

Acts 2:33

Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

Acts 1:4-5

And, being assembled together with {them}, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, {saith he}, ye have heard of me. {being...: or, eating together}

Luke 24:49

And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.

John 7:39

(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet {given}; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

Romans 8:28

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to {his} purpose.