John 14:18
I will not leave you orphans, I will come to you.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 101:2and I will understand in the unspotted way, when thou shalt come to me. I walked in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.
Isaiah 51:12I, I myself will comfort you: who art thou, that thou shouldst be afraid of a mortal man, and of the son of man, who shall wither away like grass?
Lamentations 5:3We are become orphans without a father: our mothers are as widows.
Hosea 14:3Take with you words, and return to the Lord, and say to him: Take away all iniquity, and receive the good: and we will render the calves of our lips.
Matthew 28:20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.
John 14:16And I will ask the Father, and he shall give you another Paraclete, that he may abide with you for ever.
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 →