A moment in scripture
John 16:7
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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.
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The surrounding passage
- John 16:5
But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
- John 16:6
But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
- John 16:8
And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
- John 16:9
Of sin, because they believe not on me;
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.