Joh 16:7, Act 20:29-31, Phili 1:22, 25-26 | ESV | STEP | Nevertheless , I tell you the truth : it is to your advantage that I go away , for if I do not go away , the Helper will not come to you . But if I go , I will send him to you .

f[See ver. 28 above]

gSee Matt. 7:15

h John 10:12; [Col. 2:8]

i[1 Cor. 11:19; 2 Cor. 11:13; 1 Tim. 1:19, 20; 1 John 2:18, 19]

j[Heb. 13:17]; See Matt. 24:42

k[ch. 19:8, 10; 24:17]

l Col. 1:28

m[Heb. 13:17]; See ver. 19

rSee 2 Cor. 1:14

John 16:7

7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for ^aif I do not go away, ^bthe Helper will not come to you. But ^cif ^dI go, ^eI will send him to you.

Acts 20:29-31

29 I ^fknow that after my departure ^gfierce wolves will come in among you, ^hnot sparing the flock; 30 and ⁱfrom among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them. 31 Therefore ^jbe alert, remembering that ^kfor three years I did not cease night or day ^lto admonish every one ^mwith tears.

Philippians 1:22

22 If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell.

Philippians 1:25-26

25 ⁿConvinced of this, ^oI know that I will remain and continue with you all, for your ^pprogress and ^qjoy in the faith, 26 so that in me ^ryou may have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus, because of my coming to you again.