Amplified Bible

John 16:5-12 Amplified Bible (AMP)

5. But now I am going to Him Who sent Me, yet none of you asks Me, Where are You going?

6. But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts [taken complete possession of them].

7. However, I am telling you nothing but the truth when I say it is profitable (good, expedient, advantageous) for you that I go away. Because if I do not go away, the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, Strengthener, Standby) will not come to you [into close fellowship with you]; but if I go away, I will send Him to you [to be in close fellowship with you].

8. And when He comes, He will convict and convince the world and bring demonstration to it about sin and about righteousness (uprightness of heart and right standing with God) and about judgment:

9. About sin, because they do not believe in Me [trust in, rely on, and adhere to Me];

10. About righteousness (uprightness of heart and right standing with God), because I go to My Father, and you will see Me no longer;

11. About judgment, because the ruler (evil genius, prince) of this world [Satan] is judged and condemned and sentence already is passed upon him.

12. I have still many things to say to you, but you are not able to bear them or to take them upon you or to grasp them now.