John 16:13
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you what is to come.
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In Context
12“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
14He will glorify me, for he will receive from me what is mine and declare it to you.
Cross References
John 3:32He testifies to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony.
John 8:38I speak of what I have seen with my Father; so you also are doing what you have seen with your father.”
John 14:6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 14:26But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of everything I have told you.
Acts 2:17‘In the last days, says God, I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.
Acts 20:23except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me.
Matthew Henry on John 16:8-16
The Expediency of Christ's Departure; The Promise of the Spirit. 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. 8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 Of sin, because they believe not on me; 10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; 11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. 12 I… Read the whole commentary →