And look, I am sending you what my Father promised. As for you, stay in the city until you are empowered , from on high.’
John 16:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Nevertheless, I am telling you the truth. It is for your benefit that I go away, because if I don’t go away the Counsellor will not come to you. If I go, I will send him to you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition However, I am telling you nothing but the truth when I say it is profitable (good, expedient, advantageous) for you that I go away. Because if I do not go away, the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, Strengthener, Standby) will not come to you [into close fellowship with you]; but if I go away, I will send Him to you [to be in close fellowship with you]. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible I assure you that it is better for you that I go away. If I don’t go away, the Companion won’t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. Catholic Public Domain Version 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But I tell you the truth: it is expedient to you that I go: for if I go not, the Paraclete will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. |
And look, I am sending you what my Father promised. As for you, stay in the city until you are empowered , from on high.’
But I say to you, there were certainly many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months while a great famine came over all the land.
Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.’
But the Counsellor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have told you.
You have heard me tell you, “I am going away and I am coming to you.” If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.
If I go away and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to myself, so that where I am you may be also.
‘When the Counsellor comes, the one I will send to you from the Father #– #the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father #– #he will testify about me.
When he comes, he will convict the world about sin, righteousness, and judgement:
He said this about the Spirit. Those who believed in Jesus were going to receive the Spirit, for the Spirit had not yet been given because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
Peter began to speak: ‘Now I truly understand that God doesn’t show favouritism,
Therefore, since he has been exalted to the right hand of God and has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit, he has poured out what you both see and hear.
We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.
For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.