John 14:18

I will not leave you orphaned. I am coming to you.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

In Context

17the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot receive, because it does not see nor know it. But ye know it, because it dwells with you, and will be in you.

19Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more, but ye see me. Because I live, ye will also live.

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Cross References

Psalms 101:2I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when will thou come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

Isaiah 51:12I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are thou, that thou are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass,

Lamentations 5:3We are orphans and fatherless. Our mothers are as widows.

Hosea 14:3Assyria shall not save us. We will not ride upon horses, nor will we say any more to the work of our hands, Our gods. For in thee the fatherless finds mercy.

Matthew 28:20teaching them to observe all things, as many as I commanded you. And lo, I am with you all the days, until the end of the age. Truly.

John 14:16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another helper, so that he may dwell with you into the age,

Matthew Henry on John 14:16-18

Christ's Consolatory Discourse. 15 If ye love me, keep my commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. Christ not only proposes such things to them as were the matter of their comfort, but here promises to send the Spirit, whose office it should be to be their… Read the whole commentary →

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