John 14:18
I will not leave you bereaved, I come to you;
Literal 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 act wisely in a perfect way, || When do You come to me? I habitually walk in the integrity of my heart, || In the midst of my house.
Isaiah 51:12“I [am] He who comforts you, || Who [are] you—and you are afraid of man? He dies! And of the son of man—he is made [like] grass!
Lamentations 5:3Orphans we have been—without a father, our mothers [are] as widows.
Hosea 14:3Asshur does not save us, we do not ride on a horse, || Nor do we say anymore, Our god, to the work of our hands, || For in You the fatherless find mercy.
Matthew 28:20teaching them to observe all, whatever I commanded you, and behold, I am with you all the days—until the full end of the age.”
John 14:16and I will ask the Father, and He will give to you another Comforter, that He may remain with you throughout the age:
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 →