John 16:7 - Tree of Life Version

⁷ But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away! For if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ 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

⁷ 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)

⁷ 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

⁷ 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

⁷ 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.

John 16:7 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 68:18

The chariots of God are thousands and thousands —my Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.

Luke 24:49

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

Luke 4:25

But with all truthfulness I say to you, that there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when heaven was closed for three and a half years and there came a great famine over all the land.

Luke 9:27

But I tell you truthfully, there are some standing here who will never taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”

John 14:26

But the Helper, the Ruach ha-Kodesh whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you everything and remind you of everything that I said to you.

John 14:28

You’ve heard Me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.

John 14:3

If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to Myself, so that where I am you may also be.

John 15:26

“When the Helper comes—whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—He will testify about Me.

John 16:8

“When He comes, He will convict the world about sin, righteousness, and judgment:

John 7:39

Now He said this about the Ruach, whom those who trusted in Him were going to receive; for the Ruach was not yet given, since Yeshua was not yet glorified.

Acts 10:34

Then Peter opened his mouth and said, “I truly understand that God is not one to show favoritism,

Acts 2:33

Therefore, being exalted to the right hand of God and receiving from the Father the promise of the Ruach ha-Kodesh, He poured out this—what you now see and hear.

Romans 8:28

Now we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to His purpose.

2 Corinthians 4:17

For our trouble, light and momentary, is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,