But I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I am leaving; for if I do not leave, the [a](A)Helper will not come to you; but if I go, (B)I will send Him to you. And He, when He comes, will convict the world regarding sin, and righteousness, and judgment: regarding sin, (C)because they do not believe in Me; 10 and regarding (D)righteousness, because (E)I am going to the Father and you no longer are going to see Me; 11 (F)and regarding judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

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Footnotes

  1. John 16:7 Or Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor

But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate(A) will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.(B) When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: about sin,(C) because people do not believe in me; 10 about righteousness,(D) because I am going to the Father,(E) where you can see me no longer; 11 and about judgment, because the prince of this world(F) now stands condemned.

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