John 16:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 14:26 : 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and will cause you to remember everything I said to you.
  • John 15:26 : 26 When the Advocate comes, whom I will send you from the Father– the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father– he will testify about me,
  • John 14:16-17 : 16 Then I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you forever– 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it does not see him or know him. But you know him, because he resides with you and will be in you.
  • John 7:39 : 39 (Now he said this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were going to receive, for the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)
  • Rom 8:28 : 28 And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose,
  • Acts 2:33 : 33 So then, exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you both see and hear.
  • Ps 68:18 : 18 You ascend on high, you have taken many captives. You receive tribute from men, including even sinful rebels. Indeed the LORD God lives there!
  • John 11:50-52 : 50 You do not realize that it is more to your advantage to have one man die for the people than for the whole nation to perish.” 51 (Now he did not say this on his own, but because he was high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the Jewish nation, 52 and not for the Jewish nation only, but to gather together into one the children of God who are scattered.)
  • John 14:3 : 3 And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me, so that where I am you may be too.
  • Luke 24:49 : 49 And look, I am sending you what my Father promised. But stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
  • John 8:45-46 : 45 But because I am telling you the truth, you do not believe me. 46 Who among you can prove me guilty of any sin? If I am telling you the truth, why don’t you believe me?
  • Acts 10:34 : 34 Then Peter started speaking:“I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism in dealing with people,
  • 2 Cor 4:17 : 17 For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison
  • Eph 4:8-9 : 8 Therefore it says,“When he ascended on high he captured captives; he gave gifts to men.” 9 Now what is the meaning of“he ascended,” except that he also descended to the lower regions, namely, the earth? 10 He, the very one who descended, is also the one who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things. 11 And he himself gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God– a mature person, attaining to the measure of Christ’s full stature.
  • Acts 1:4-5 : 4 While he was with them, he declared,“Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait there for what my Father promised, which you heard about from me. 5 For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
  • John 14:28 : 28 You heard me say to you,‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.
  • Luke 4:25 : 25 But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, when the sky was shut up three and a half years, and there was a great famine over all the land.
  • Luke 9:27 : 27 But I tell you most certainly, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the kingdom of God.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 16:4-6
    3 verses
    83%

    4 But I have told you these things so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them.“I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you.

    5 But now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking me,‘Where are you going?’

    6 Instead your hearts are filled with sadness because I have said these things to you.

  • John 14:15-20
    6 verses
    82%

    15 Teaching on the Holy Spirit“If you love me, you will obey my commandments.

    16 Then I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you forever–

    17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it does not see him or know him. But you know him, because he resides with you and will be in you.

    18 “I will not abandon you as orphans, I will come to you.

    19 In a little while the world will not see me any longer, but you will see me; because I live, you will live too.

    20 You will know at that time that I am in my Father and you are in me and I am in you.

  • John 15:26
    81%

    26 When the Advocate comes, whom I will send you from the Father– the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father– he will testify about me,

  • John 16:8
    79%

    8 And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong concerning sin and righteousness and judgment–

  • John 14:25-31
    7 verses
    78%

    25 “I have spoken these things while staying with you.

    26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and will cause you to remember everything I said to you.

    27 “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; I do not give it to you as the world does. Do not let your hearts be distressed or lacking in courage.

    28 You heard me say to you,‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.

    29 I have told you now before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe.

    30 I will not speak with you much longer, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me,

    31 but I am doing just what the Father commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up, let us go from here.

  • John 16:10-17
    8 verses
    77%

    10 concerning righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer;

    11 and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.

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

    13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but will speak whatever he hears, and will tell you what is to come.

    14 He will glorify me, because he will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you.

    15 Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you.

    16 In a little while you will see me no longer; again after a little while, you will see me.”

    17 Then some of his disciples said to one another,“What is the meaning of what he is saying,‘In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me,’ and,‘because I am going to the Father’?”

  • John 14:2-4
    3 verses
    73%

    2 There are many dwelling places in my Father’s house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you.

    3 And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me, so that where I am you may be too.

    4 And you know the way where I am going.”

  • John 16:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22 So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

    23 At that time you will ask me nothing. I tell you the solemn truth, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.

  • John 13:33
    72%

    33 Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me, and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders,‘Where I am going you cannot come,’ now I tell you the same.

  • John 7:33-34
    2 verses
    72%

    33 Then Jesus said,“I will be with you for only a little while longer, and then I am going to the one who sent me.

    34 You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come.”

  • John 16:25-28
    4 verses
    72%

    25 “I have told you these things in obscure figures of speech; a time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in obscure figures, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

    26 At that time you will ask in my name, and I do not say that I will ask the Father on your behalf.

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

    28 I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn, I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”

  • John 16:32
    72%

    32 Look, a time is coming– and has come– when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, and I will be left alone. Yet I am not alone, because my Father is with me.

  • John 8:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21 Where Jesus Came From and Where He is Going Then Jesus said to them again,“I am going away, and you will look for me but will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come.”

    22 So the Jewish leaders began to say,“Perhaps he is going to kill himself, because he says,‘Where I am going you cannot come.’”

  • John 16:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19 Jesus could see that they wanted to ask him about these things, so he said to them,“Are you asking each other about this– that I said,‘In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me’?

    20 I tell you the solemn truth, you will weep and wail, but the world will rejoice; you will be sad, but your sadness will turn into joy.

  • Acts 1:4
    68%

    4 While he was with them, he declared,“Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait there for what my Father promised, which you heard about from me.

  • John 14:6-7
    2 verses
    67%

    6 Jesus replied,“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

    7 If you have known me, you will know my Father too. And from now on you do know him and have seen him.”

  • John 8:16
    67%

    16 But if I judge, my evaluation is accurate, because I am not alone when I judge, but I and the Father who sent me do so together.

  • John 17:13
    67%

    13 But now I am coming to you, and I am saying these things in the world, so they may experience my joy completed in themselves.

  • John 14:23
    67%

    23 Jesus replied,“If anyone loves me, he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up residence with him.

  • John 13:20
    67%

    20 I tell you the solemn truth, whoever accepts the one I send accepts me, and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.”

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