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Joh 16:7. Ἐγὼ, I) who am not asked by you, and who know not to lie (who am incapable of deceiving you).-ἀλήθειαν, the truth) although ye do not comprehend the truth of this thing, which I tell you. All truth [though it seem painful] is good to the saints.-συμφέρει) It is expedient for you, in respect of the Paraclete (Comforter), Joh 16:7-8, “If I depart, I will send Him unto you;” and in respect of Myself, Joh 16:16-17, “Ye shall see Me, because I go to the Father;” and in respect of the Father, Joh 16:23-24, “In that day, whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in My name, He will give it you.”-γὰρ, for) The office of the Paraclete is twofold, viz., towards the world in this place, and towards believers in Joh 16:12-13, “He will guide you into all truth.”-ἀπέλθω, πορευθῶ, if I depart not; if I go) These verbs differ: the former has more reference to the terminus a quo (the place from which the departure takes place); the latter, to the terminus ad quem (the place to which one goes his way).-οὐκ, not) It was not suitable that Jesus should be present in weakness, and the Holy Spirit present in power at the same time; ch. Joh 7:39, “The Holy Ghost was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified;” Act 2:33, “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;” and it was the province of Jesus to send Him, not to call Him to Himself (whilst still on earth).-πρὸς ὑμᾶς) unto you, not unto the world, although the world shall feel His ‘reproof,’ Joh 16:8.