John 14:16
And I will ask the Father, and he shall give you another Paraclete, that he may abide with you for ever.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
15If you love me, keep my commandments.
Cross References
John 4:14But the water that I will give him, shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up into life everlasting.
John 14:18I will not leave you orphans, I will come to you.
John 15:26But when the Paraclete cometh, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he shall give testimony of me.
John 16:22So also you now indeed have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice; and your joy no man shall take from you.
John 17:9I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them whom thou hast given me: because they are thine:
John 17:20And not for them only do I pray, but for them also 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 →