John 14:16
And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
15If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
Cross References
John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
John 14:18I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
John 15:26When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.
John 16:22So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
John 17:9I ask on their behalf. I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You have given Me; for they are Yours.
John 17:20I am not asking on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in Me through their message,
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 →