John 14:16

Then I myself will request my Father, and he will send you someone else who will ◄encourage/be like a legal counsel for► you.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

In Context

15“If you love me, you will do what I have commanded you.

17I am talking about the Spirit, who will teach you God’s truth. He will be with you forever. Those who are opposed to God [MTY] cannot receive him, because they cannot understand what he does, and they cannot know who he is. But you know who he is, because he is with you and he will be inside you.

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Cross References

John 4:14But those who drink the water that I will give them will never be thirsty again. On the contrary, the water that I give them will become in their inner beings like a spring of water that will enable them to have eternal life.”

John 14:18When I leave you, I will not let you be alone/helpless [MET]. When I send the Spirit, it will be like I am coming back to you (OR, When I rise from the dead, I will come back to you.)

John 15:26Later I will send to you from my Father the one who will ◄encourage/be like a legal counsel for► you. He is the Spirit who will teach you God’s truth. He will come from my Father. He will tell people about me.

John 16:22It will be the same with you. I will soon die and you will be sad. But after that, I will see you again. Then you will be joyful, and no one will be able to stop you from being joyful.

John 17:9I am praying for them. I am not praying for those who do not belong to you [MTY]. Instead, I am praying for those whom you have brought to me, because they belong to you.

John 17:20“I am praying not only for these eleven disciples. I am praying also for those who will believe in me as a result of hearing 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 →

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