John 14:18
I will not leave you desolate: I come unto you.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 101:2I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way: Oh when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
Isaiah 51:12I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou art afraid of man that shall die, and of the son of man that 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; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Ye are] our gods; for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
Matthew 28:20teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
John 14:16And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be 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 →