John 16:7

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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 go, I will send him unto you.

Cross References

Psalm 68:18

Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led thy captivity captive; Thou hast received gifts among men, Yea, among the rebellious also, That the LORD God might dwell with them.

Luke 24:49

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

Luke 4:25

But of a truth I say unto 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 of a truth, There be some of them that stand here, which shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.

John 14:26

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

John 14:28

Ye heard how I said to you, I go away, and I come unto you. If ye loved me, ye would have rejoiced, because I go unto the Father: for the Father is greater than I.

John 14:3

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

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 bear witness of me:

John 16:8

And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgement:

John 7:39

But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were to receive: for the Spirit was not yet given; because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Acts 10:34

And Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:

Acts 2:33

Being therefore by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath poured forth this, which ye see and hear.

Romans 8:28

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

2 Corinthians 4:17

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;