World English Bible

John 16:3-8 World English Bible (WEB)

3. They will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.

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.

7. 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.

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