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.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 16:7 in context
John 16:4–10
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But I have told you these things so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
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But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’
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But because I have told you these things, sorrow has filled your heart.
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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.
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When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;
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about sin, because they don’t believe in me;
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about righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you won’t see me any more;
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