16:6 Instead your hearts are filled with sadness 1 because I have said these things to you.
16:7 But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate 2 will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.
1 tn Or “distress” or “grief.”
2 tn Or “Helper” or “Counselor”; Grk “Paraclete,” from the Greek word παράκλητος (paraklhto"). See the note on the word “Advocate” in John 14:16 for a discussion of how this word is translated.