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.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

²⁶ “When the Advocate^(A) comes, whom I will send to you from the Father^(B)—the Spirit of truth^(C) who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.^(D)

¹⁶ Beyond all question, the mystery^(A) from which true godliness^(B) springs is great:

⁶ This is the one who came by water and blood^(A)—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.^{(B) 7} For there are three^(C) that testify: ⁸ the^[a] Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. ⁹ We accept human testimony,^(D) but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God,^(E) which he has given about his Son. ¹⁰ Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony.^(F) Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar,^(G) because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. ¹¹ And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life,^(H) and this life is in his Son.^{(I) 12} Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.^(J)

Concluding Affirmations

¹³ I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God^(K) so that you may know that you have eternal life.^{(L) 14} This is the confidence^(M) we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.^{(N) 15} And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know^(O) that we have what we asked of him.^(P)

¹⁶ If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life.^(Q) I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death.^(R) I am not saying that you should pray about that.^{(S) 17} All wrongdoing is sin,^(T) and there is sin that does not lead to death.^(U)

¹⁸ We know that anyone born of God^(V) does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one^(W) cannot harm them.^{(X) 19} We know that we are children of God,^(Y) and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.^{(Z) 20} We know also that the Son of God has come^(AA) and has given us understanding,^(AB) so that we may know him who is true.^(AC) And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.^(AD)

²¹ Dear children,^(AE) keep yourselves from idols.^(AF)