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John 16:7 (KJV)

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.

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Psalms 68:18 - Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, [for] the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell [among them].
Luke 4:25 - ‹But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;›
Luke 9:27 - ‹But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.›
Luke 24:49 - ‹And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.›
John 7:39 - (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet [given]; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
John 8:45 - ‹And because I tell› [you] ‹the truth, ye believe me not.›
John 11:50 - Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
John 14:3 - ‹And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am,› [there] ‹ye may be also.›
John 14:16 - ‹And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;›
John 14:26 - ‹But the Comforter,› [which is] ‹the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.›
John 14:28 - ‹Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come› [again] ‹unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.›
John 15:26 - ‹But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father,› [even] ‹the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:›
Acts 1:4 - And, being assembled together with [them], commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but ‹wait for the promise of the Father, which,› [saith he], ‹ye have heard of me.›
Acts 2:33 - Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
Acts 10:34 - Then Peter opened [his] mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
Romans 8:28 - And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.
2 Corinthians 4:17 - For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding [and] eternal weight of glory;
Ephesians 4:8 - Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

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