John 16:7

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

Cross References

Psalm 68:18

Thou didst ascend the high mount, leading captives in thy train, and receiving gifts among men, even among the rebellious, that the Lord God may dwell there.

Luke 24:49

And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city, until you are clothed with power from on high.”

Luke 4:25

But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great famine over all the land;

Luke 9:27

But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”

John 14:26

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

John 14:28

You heard me say to you, ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I go to the Father; for the Father is greater than I.

John 14:3

And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.

John 15:26

But when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness to me;

John 16:8

And when he comes, he will convince the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:

John 7:39

Now this he said about the Spirit, which those who believed in him were to receive; for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Acts 10:34

And Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I perceive that God shows no partiality,

Acts 2:33

Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which you see and hear.

Romans 8:28

We know that in everything God works for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose.

2 Corinthians 4:17

For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,