John 14:16

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper to abide with you forever—

Text-Critical English NT

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, keep my commandments.

17the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see him or know him. But you know him, because he abides with you and will be in you.

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Cross References

John 4:14but whoever drinks the water I give him will certainly never thirst again. On the contrary, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

John 14:18“I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming back to you.

John 15:26“When the Helper comes, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.

John 16:22So you also have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

John 17:9I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those yoʋ have given me, for they are yoʋrs.

John 17:20“I do not ask on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word,

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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