Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
I tell
The comforter
General references
Bible References
I tell
John 8:45 Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me.
Luke 4:25 But I say to you, there were certainly many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months while a great famine came over all the land.
Luke 9:27 I tell you the truth: There are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”
Acts 10:34
Then Peter began to speak: “Now I really understand that God doesn’t show favoritism,
It
John 11:50
You’re not considering that it is to your advantage that one man should die for the people rather than the whole nation perish.”
John 14:3 If I go away and prepare a place for you, I will come back and receive you to Myself, so that where I am you may be also.
Romans 8:28
We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God: those who are called according to His purpose.
2 Corinthians 4:17
For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.
The comforter
John 7:39
He said this about the Spirit. Those who believed in Jesus were going to receive the Spirit, for the Spirit had not yet been received because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
John 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counselor to be with you forever.
John 15:26 “When the Counselor comes, the One I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.
General references
Philippians 1:24
but to remain in the flesh is more necessary for you.