World English Bible
John 16:7
“Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I don't go away, the Counselor won't come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.”
Verse in context — John 16
5
But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?
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But because I have told you these things, sorrow has filled your heart.
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Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I don't go away, the Counselor won't come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
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When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;
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about sin, because they don't believe in me;
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