John 14:17
the 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.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
16and I will pray of my Father, and another Paraclete will he give you, who will be with you for ever,
18I will not leave you orphans; for I will come to you a little after.
Cross References
Matthew 10:20For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking in you.
John 14:23Jeshu replied, and said to him, He who loveth me, my word keepeth, and my Father will love him, and unto him we come, and a dwelling-place with him we make.
John 16:13but when the Spirit of Truth hath come, he will lead you into all the truth; for he will not speak of himself; but all that he shall hear he will speak, and the things to come will he make known to you.
Romans 8:13For if after the flesh you live, you must die: but if, after the Spirit, the habitudes of the body you mortify, you live.
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 →