Role of the Spirit

16 I will ask the Father, and He will give you another [a](A)Helper, that He may be with you forever; 17 that is (B)the Spirit of truth, (C)whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.

18 “I will not leave you as orphans; (D)I will come to you. 19 [b](E)After a little while (F)the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me; (G)because I live, you will live also. 20 (H)In that day you will know that (I)I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. 21 (J)He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and (K)he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will (L)disclose Myself to him.” 22 (M)Judas (not Iscariot) *said to Him, “Lord, what then has happened (N)that You are going to disclose Yourself to us and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered and said to him, (O)If anyone loves Me, he will (P)keep My word; and (Q)My Father will love him, and We (R)will come to him and make Our abode with him. 24 He who does not love Me (S)does not keep My words; and (T)the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.

25 “These things I have spoken to you while abiding with you. 26 But the (U)Helper, the Holy Spirit, (V)whom the Father will send in My name, (W)He will teach you all things, and (X)bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. 27 (Y)Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. (Z)Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.

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Footnotes

  1. John 14:16 Gr Paracletos, one called alongside to help; or Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor
  2. John 14:19 Lit Yet a little and the world

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) 19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me.(F) Because I live, you also will live.(G) 20 On that day(H) you will realize that I am in my Father,(I) and you are in me, and I am in you.(J) 21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me.(K) The one who loves me will be loved by my Father,(L) and I too will love them and show myself to them.”

22 Then Judas(M) (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”(N)

23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching.(O) My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.(P) 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.(Q)

25 “All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate,(R) the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name,(S) will teach you all things(T) and will remind you of everything I have said to you.(U) 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.(V) I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled(W) and do not be afraid.

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  1. John 14:17 Some early manuscripts and is

26 “When the [a](A)Helper comes, (B)whom I will send to you from the Father, that is (C)the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, (D)He will testify about Me, 27 [b]and (E)you will testify also, because you have been with Me (F)from the beginning.

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  1. John 15:26 Gr Paracletos, one called alongside to help; or Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor
  2. John 15:27 Or (imperative) and bear witness

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) 27 And you also must testify,(E) for you have been with me from the beginning.(F)

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The Holy Spirit Promised

“But now (A)I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, ‘(B)Where are You going?’ But because I have said these things to you, (C)sorrow has filled your heart. But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the [a](D)Helper will not come to you; but if I go, (E)I will send Him to you. And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment; concerning sin, (F)because they do not believe in Me; 10 and concerning (G)righteousness, because (H)I go to the Father and you no longer see Me; 11 (I)and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

12 “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 But when He, (J)the Spirit of truth, comes, He will (K)guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. 14 He will (L)glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you. 15 (M)All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose it to you.

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  1. John 16:7 Gr Paracletos, one called alongside to help; or Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor

but now I am going to him who sent me.(A) None of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’(B) Rather, you are filled with grief(C) because I have said these things. But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate(D) will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.(E) When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: about sin,(F) because people do not believe in me; 10 about righteousness,(G) because I am going to the Father,(H) where you can see me no longer; 11 and about judgment, because the prince of this world(I) now stands condemned.

12 “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear.(J) 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth,(K) comes, he will guide you into all the truth.(L) He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. 14 He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you. 15 All that belongs to the Father is mine.(M) That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you.”

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