King James Version (KJV)
John 16:7
“‹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.›”
Verse in context — John 16
5
‹But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?›
6
‹But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.›
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.›
8
‹And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:›
9
‹Of sin, because they believe not on me;›
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