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16 I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper[a] so He may be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Him or know Him. You know Him, because He abides with you and will be in you. 18 I will not abandon you as orphans;[b] I will come to you.

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  1. John 14:16 Intercessor, Advocate, Comforter, or Counselor; lit. Paraclete. Also’ in 14:26; 15:26; 16:7.
  2. John 14:18 cf. Exod. 22:21-23(22-24); Jer. 49:11.

16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate(A) to help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth.(B) The world cannot accept him,(C) because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be[a] in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans;(D) I will come to you.(E)

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  1. John 14:17 Some early manuscripts and is