John 16:7 (GNV)

Passage

Yet I tell you the trueth, It is expedient for you that I goe away: for if I goe not away, that Comforter will not come vnto you: but if I depart, I will send him vnto you.

Nearby Context

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 haue saide these thinges vnto you, your hearts are full of sorowe.

John 16:7 Yet I tell you the trueth, It is expedient for you that I goe away: for if I goe not away, that Comforter will not come vnto you: but if I depart, I will send him vnto you.

John 16:8 And when he is come, he will reproue the worlde of sinne, and of righteousnesse, and of iudgement.

John 16:9 Of sinne, because they beleeued not in me:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "tell", "trueth", "expedient", "away", "comforter", "come", and "vnto". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "tell" and "trueth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "But because I haue saide these thinges..." into verse 8's "And when he is come he will...", so "tell" and "trueth" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "tell" and "trueth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.