rwp@John:16:7 @{It is expedient for you} (\sumpherei humin\). Present active indicative of \sumpher\, old verb to bear together. See 11:50| where the phrase is used by Caiaphas "for us," here "for you" (\humin\ ethical dative). {That I go away} (\hina eg apelth\). Subject clause the subject of \sumpherei\, \hina\ and second aorist active subjunctive of \aperchomai\. The reason (\gar\) for this startling statement follows. {If I go not away} (\ean m apelth\). Third-class condition with \ean\ and the negative \m\ with \apelth\ as before. {Will not come} (\ou m elthi\). Strong double negative with second aorist active subjunctive of \erchomai\. The Holy Spirit was, of course, already at work in the hearts of men, but not in the sense of witnessing as Paraclete which could only take place after Jesus had gone back to the Father. {But if I go} (\ean de poreuth\). Third-class condition again (\ean\ and the first aorist passive subjunctive of \poreuomai\). {I will send} (\pemps\). First person future as in 15|.