¹² “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(A)whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I ^(B)am going to the Father. ^13 (C)Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that ^(D)the Father may be glorified in the Son. ^14 (E)If you ask me^[a] anything in my name, I will do it.

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

^15 (F)“If you love me, you will ^(G)keep my commandments. ¹⁶ And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another ^(H)Helper,^[b] to be with you forever, ¹⁷ even ^(I)the Spirit of truth, ^(J)whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and ^(K)will be^[c] in you.

¹⁸ “I will not leave you as orphans; ^(L)I will come to you.

⁷ So ^(A)to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations,^{[a] (B)}a thorn was given me in the flesh, ^(C)a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. ^8 (D)Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. ⁹ But he said to me, ^(E)“My grace is sufficient for you, for ^(F)my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that ^(G)the power of Christ may rest upon me. ^10 (H)For the sake of Christ, then, ^(I)I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For ^(J)when I am weak, then I am strong.