Instead, because I have told you this, grief has filled your heart.
In context
4But I have told you this so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things at first, because I was with you. 5Now I am going to the one who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ 6Instead, because I have told you this, grief has filled your heart. 7But I am telling you the truth: it is better for you that I go away. If I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. 8And when he comes, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment:
