John 16:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

Nevertheless, I tell you the truth; it is beneficial for you that I go away: for if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I leave, I will send him to you.

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  • John 14:26 : 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I have said to you.
  • John 15:26 : 26 But when the Comforter comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He shall testify of me.
  • John 14:16-17 : 16 And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Helper, that he may abide with you forever; 17 The Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him: but you know him; for he dwells with you and will be in you.
  • John 7:39 : 39 But this he spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
  • Rom 8:28 : 28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
  • Acts 2:33 : 33 Therefore, being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured out what you now see and hear.
  • Ps 68:18 : 18 You have ascended on high, you have led captivity captive: you have received gifts for men; yes, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
  • John 11:50-52 : 50 Nor do you consider that it is better for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish. 51 Now this he did not say on his own authority: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation; 52 And not for that nation only, but also that he would gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad.
  • John 14:3 : 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
  • Luke 24:49 : 49 And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but stay in the city of Jerusalem until you are endowed with power from on high.
  • John 8:45-46 : 45 And because I tell you the truth, you do not believe me. 46 Which of you convicts me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?
  • Acts 10:34 : 34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Truly I perceive that God shows no partiality:
  • 2 Cor 4:17 : 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
  • Eph 4:8-9 : 8 Therefore he says, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. 9 (Now that he ascended, what does it mean but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He who descended is the same also who ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.) 11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the equipping of the saints, for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:
  • Acts 1:4-5 : 4 And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, He said, you have heard from Me. 5 For John truly baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.
  • John 14:28 : 28 You have heard me say to you, I am going away and coming back to you. If you loved me, you would rejoice because I said, I am going to the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
  • Luke 4:25 : 25 But I tell you the truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine swept throughout all the land;
  • Luke 9:27 : 27 But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the kingdom of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 16:4-6
    3 verses
    83%

    4But I have told you these things, so when the time comes, you may remember I told you about them. I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.

    5But now I go to Him who sent me, and none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?'

    6But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

  • John 14:15-20
    6 verses
    82%

    15If you love me, keep my commandments.

    16And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Helper, that he may abide with you forever;

    17The Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him: but you know him; for he dwells with you and will be in you.

    18I will not leave you as orphans: I will come to you.

    19Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but you see me: because I live, you will live also.

    20At that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.

  • John 15:26
    81%

    26But when the Comforter comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He shall testify of me.

  • John 16:8
    79%

    8And when he has come, he will convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment:

  • John 14:25-31
    7 verses
    78%

    25These things I have spoken to you while being present with you.

    26But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I have said to you.

    27Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you: not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

    28You have heard me say to you, I am going away and coming back to you. If you loved me, you would rejoice because I said, I am going to the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

    29And now I have told you before it comes to pass, that when it does come to pass, you might believe.

    30Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world is coming, and he has nothing in me.

    31But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.

  • John 16:10-17
    8 verses
    77%

    10Of righteousness, because I go to my Father and you see me no more;

    11Of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

    12I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

    13However, when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth: for he will not speak on his own; but whatever he hears, he will speak: and he will show you things to come.

    14He will glorify me: for he will take of what is mine, and will show it to you.

    15All things that the Father has are mine: therefore, I said he will take of mine, and show it to you.

    16In a little while you will not see me: and again, in a little while, you will see me, because I go to the Father.

    17Then some of his disciples said among themselves, 'What is this that he says to us, A little while, and you will not see me: and again, a little while, and you will see me: and, Because I go to the Father?'

  • John 14:2-4
    3 verses
    73%

    2In my Father's house are many rooms: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

    3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to myself; that where I am, there you may be also.

    4And where I go you know, and the way you know.

  • John 16:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22And now you have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

    23And in that day you will ask me nothing. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.

  • John 13:33
    72%

    33Little children, I shall be with you a little while longer. You will seek me; and as I said to the Jews, Where I am going, you cannot come, so now I say to you.

  • John 7:33-34
    2 verses
    72%

    33Then Jesus said to them, I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I go to him who sent me.

    34You will seek me and not find me, and where I am, you cannot come.

  • John 16:25-28
    4 verses
    72%

    25I have spoken these things to you in proverbs: but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in proverbs, but I will show you plainly about the Father.

    26In that day you will ask in my name: and I do not say to you that I will pray the Father for you:

    27For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came from God.

    28I came forth from the Father and have come into the world: again, I leave the world and go to the Father.

  • John 16:32
    72%

    32Behold, the hour is coming, yes, has now come, that you will be scattered, each to his own, and leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

  • John 8:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21Then Jesus said again to them, I go my way, and you shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: where I go, you cannot come.

    22Then the Jews said, Will he kill himself? because he says, Where I go, you cannot come.

  • John 16:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19Now Jesus knew they wanted to ask him and said to them, 'Are you inquiring among yourselves about what I said, A little while, and you will not see me: and again, a little while, and you will see me?'

    20Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice: and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

  • Acts 1:4
    68%

    4And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, He said, you have heard from Me.

  • John 14:6-7
    2 verses
    67%

    6Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no one comes to the Father except through me.

    7If you had known me, you would have known my Father also: and from now on you know him, and have seen him.

  • John 8:16
    67%

    16And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me.

  • John 17:13
    67%

    13And now I come to you; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

  • John 14:23
    67%

    23Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone loves me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.

  • John 13:20
    67%

    20Truly, truly, I say to you, He who receives whomever I send receives me; and he who receives me receives him who sent me.