John 14:16
And I will ask of my Father, and he will give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever,
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
15If ye love me, keep my commands.
Cross References
John 4:14but whoever shall drink of the waters which I shall give him, will not thirst for ever; but the waters, which I shall give him, will be in him a fountain of waters, springing up unto life eternal.
John 14:18I shall not leave you orphans: for I shall come to you in a little while.
John 15:26But when the Comforter shall come, whom I will send to you from my Father, that Spirit of truth who proceedeth from the Father, He will testify of me.
John 16:22Ye also now have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will deprive you of your joy.
John 17:9And I pray for them; it is not for the world that I pray, but for them whom thou hast given me, for they are thine.
John 17:20And it is not for them only that I pray, but also for those who shall believe in me through their discourse;
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 →