John 14:16

And I will ask the Father, and he will give another Advocate to you, so that he may abide with you for eternity:

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In The King James Version

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

In Context

15If you love me, keep my commandments.

17the Spirit of Truth, whom the world is not able to accept, because it neither perceives him nor knows him. But you shall know him. For he will remain with you, and he will be in you.

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Cross References

John 4:14Instead, the water that I will give to him will become in him a fountain of water, springing up into eternal life.”

John 14:18I will not leave you orphans. I will return to you.

John 15:26But when the Advocate has arrived, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will offer testimony about me.

John 16:22Therefore, you also, indeed, have sorrow now. But I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice. And no one will take away your joy from you.

John 17:9I pray for them. I do not pray for the world, but for those whom you have given to me. For they are yours.

John 17:20But I am not praying for them only, but also for those who through their word shall believe in me.

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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