John 16:7

World English Bible (2000)

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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  • John 14:26 : 26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.
  • John 15:26 : 26 "When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.
  • John 14:16-17 : 16 I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever,-- 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world can't receive; for it doesn't see him, neither knows him. You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you.
  • John 7:39 : 39 But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn't yet glorified.
  • Rom 8:28 : 28 We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
  • Acts 2:33 : 33 Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you now see and hear.
  • Ps 68:18 : 18 You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among men, yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah God might dwell there.
  • John 11:50-52 : 50 nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish." 51 Now he didn't say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, 52 and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
  • John 14:3 : 3 If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.
  • Luke 24:49 : 49 Behold, I send forth the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high."
  • John 8:45-46 : 45 But because I tell the truth, you don't believe me. 46 Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?
  • Acts 10:34 : 34 Peter opened his mouth and said, "Truly I perceive that God doesn't show favoritism;
  • 2 Cor 4:17 : 17 For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
  • Eph 4:8-9 : 8 Therefore he says, "When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men." 9 Now this, "He ascended," what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things. 11 He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers; 12 for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ; 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
  • Acts 1:4-5 : 4 Being assembled together with them, he commanded them, "Don't depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which you heard from me. 5 For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
  • John 14:28 : 28 You heard how I told you, 'I go away, and I come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said 'I am going to my Father;' for the Father is greater than I.
  • Luke 4:25 : 25 But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land.
  • Luke 9:27 : 27 But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand here, who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Kingdom of God."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 16:4-6
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    83%

    4 But I have told you these things, so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them. I didn't tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.

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

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

  • John 14:15-20
    6 verses
    82%

    15 If you love me, keep my commandments.

    16 I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever,--

    17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world can't receive; for it doesn't see him, neither knows him. You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you.

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

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

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

  • John 15:26
    81%

    26 "When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.

  • John 16:8
    79%

    8 When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;

  • John 14:25-31
    7 verses
    78%

    25 I have said these things to you, while still living with you.

    26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

    27 Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don't let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

    28 You heard how I told you, 'I go away, and I come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said 'I am going to my Father;' for the Father is greater than I.

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

    30 I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world comes, and he has nothing in me.

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

  • John 16:10-17
    8 verses
    77%

    10 about righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you won't see me any more;

    11 about judgment, because the prince of this world has been judged.

    12 "I have yet many things to tell you, but you can't bear them now.

    13 However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.

    14 He will glorify me, for he will take from what is mine, and will declare it to you.

    15 All things whatever the Father has are mine; therefore I said that he takes of mine, and will declare it to you.

    16 A little while, and you will not see me. Again a little while, and you will see me."

    17 Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, "What is this that he says to us, 'A little while, and you won't see me, and again a little while, and you will see me;' and, 'Because I go to the Father?'"

  • John 14:2-4
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    73%

    2 In my Father's house are many homes. If it weren't so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.

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

    4 Where I go, you know, and you know the way."

  • John 16:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

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

    23 "In that day you will ask me no questions. Most certainly I tell you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.

  • John 13:33
    72%

    33 Little children, I will be with you a little while longer. You will seek me, and as I said to the Jews, 'Where I am going, you can't come,' so now I tell you.

  • John 7:33-34
    2 verses
    72%

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

    34 You will seek me, and won't find me; and where I am, you can't come."

  • John 16:25-28
    4 verses
    72%

    25 I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

    26 In that day you will ask in my name; and I don't say to you, that I will pray to the Father for you,

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

    28 I came out from the Father, and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world, and go to the Father."

  • John 16:32
    72%

    32 Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

  • John 8:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21 Jesus said therefore again to them, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you can't come."

    22 The Jews therefore said, "Will he kill himself, that he says, 'Where I am going, you can't come?'"

  • John 16:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19 Therefore Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, "Do you inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, 'A little while, and you won't see me, and again a little while, and you will see me?'

    20 Most certainly I tell you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

  • Acts 1:4
    68%

    4 Being assembled together with them, he commanded them, "Don't depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which you heard from me.

  • John 14:6-7
    2 verses
    67%

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

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

  • John 8:16
    67%

    16 Even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me.

  • John 17:13
    67%

    13 But now I come to you, and I say these things in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves.

  • John 14:23
    67%

    23 Jesus answered him, "If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.

  • John 13:20
    67%

    20 Most certainly I tell you, he who receives whomever I send, receives me; and he who receives me, receives him who sent me."