¹⁸ No, I will not abandon you as orphans—I will come to you.

³ When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.

²⁰ For where two or three gather together as my followers,^[a] I am there among them.”

¹⁶ And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate,^[a] who will never leave you.

²⁷ “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid. ²⁸ Remember what I told you: I am going away, but I will come back to you again. If you really loved me, you would be happy that I am going to the Father, who is greater than I am.

²⁰ Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

³³ I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”

¹⁸ Since he himself has gone through suffering and testing, he is able to help us when we are being tested.