John 16:7

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But I tell you the truth: it is expedient for you that I am going. For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you. But when I will have gone away, I will send him to you.

Cross References

Psalm 68:18

And do not turn your face away from your servant, for I am in trouble: heed me quickly.

Luke 24:49

And I am sending the Promise of my Father upon you. But you must stay in the city, until such time as you are clothed with power from on high."

Luke 4:25

In truth, I say to you, there were many widows in the days of Elijah in Israel, when the heavens were closed for three years and six months, when a great famine had occurred throughout the entire land.

Luke 9:27

And yet, I tell you a truth: There are some standing here who shall not taste death, until they see the kingdom of God."

John 14:26

But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will suggest to you everything whatsoever that I have said to you.

John 14:28

You have heard that I said to you: I am going away, and I am returning to you. If you loved me, certainly you would be gladdened, because I am going to the Father. For the Father is greater than I.

John 14:3

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will return again, and then I will take you to myself, so that where I am, you also may be.

John 15:26

But when the Advocate has arrived, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will offer testimony about me.

John 16:8

And when he has arrived, he will argue against the world, about sin and about justice and about judgment:

John 7:39

Now he said this about the Spirit, which those who believe in him would soon be receiving. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

Acts 10:34

Then, Peter, opening his mouth, said: "I have concluded in truth that God is not a respecter of persons.

Acts 2:33

Therefore, being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the Promise of the Holy Spirit, he poured this out, just as you now see and hear.

Romans 8:28

And we know that, for those who love God, all things work together unto good, for those who, in accordance with his purpose, are called to be saints.

2 Corinthians 4:17

For though our tribulation is, at the present time, brief and light, it accomplishes in us the weight of a sublime eternal glory, beyond measure.