New English Translation

John 16:3-10 New English Translation (NET)

3. They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me.

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.

7. 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.

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

9. concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;

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