John 14:18

I will not leave you bereaved; I will come to you.

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In The King James Version

I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

In Context

17The world cannot receive this Spirit, because it does not see him or recognize him, but you recognize him, because he is always with you, and is within you.

19In a little while the world will see me no more, but you will still see me; because I am living, you will be living also.

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Cross References

Psalms 101:2I would look to the way that is blameless, and make it my own. Within my own house I would walk with an innocent heart.

Hosea 14:3Assyria will not save us, nor Egyptian warhorses, and we will no more call the work of our hands our gods. For in you orphan Israel finds mercy.

Matthew 28:20and teaching them to lay to heart all the commands that I have given you; and, remember, I myself am with you every day until the close of the age.”

John 14:16and I will ask the Father, and he will give you another helper, to be with you always – the Spirit of truth.

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 →

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