John 14:16

and I will pray of my Father, and another Paraclete will he give you, who will be with you for ever,

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

15IF you love me, keep my commandments;

17the Spirit of truth, he whom the world cannot receive, because it doth not see him, nor know him. But you know him; for with you he dwelleth, and in you is.

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Cross References

John 4:14but every one who shall drink of the waters that I will give him shall never thirst; but those waters that I shall give him shall be in him a fountain of waters, that shall spring forth to the life of eternity.

John 14:18I will not leave you orphans; for I will come to you a little after.

John 15:26But when the Paraclete cometh, He whom I will send unto you from my Father, the Spirit of Truth, He who from my Father cometh forth, He shall testify of me.

John 16:22You also now have sorrow; but again I will see you, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

John 17:9And for them I pray; not for the world I pray, but for them whom thou hast given me, because they are thine.

John 17:20Nor for these do I pray only, but also for those who shall 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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