The Way to the Father

14 “Your heart must not be troubled.(A) Believe[a] in God;(B) believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many dwelling places;[b] if not, I would have told you. I am going away(C) to prepare a place for you. If I go away and prepare a place for you, I will come back(D) and receive you to Myself, so that where I am you may be also.(E) You know the way to where I am going.”[c](F)

“Lord,” Thomas(G) said, “we don’t know where You’re going. How can we know the way?”

Jesus told him, “I am(H) the way,(I) the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Jesus Reveals the Father

“If you know Me, you will also know[d] My Father.(J) From now on you do know Him(K) and have seen Him.”

“Lord,” said Philip,(L) “show us the Father, and that’s enough for us.”

Jesus said to him, “Have I been among you all this time without your knowing Me, Philip? The one who has seen Me has seen the Father.(M) How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me?(N) The words I speak to you I do not speak on My own.(O) The Father who lives in Me does His works.(P) 11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me. Otherwise, believe[e] because of the works themselves.(Q)

Praying in Jesus’ Name

12 “I assure you: The one who believes in Me(R) will also do the works that I do. And he will do even greater works than these,(S) because I am going to the Father.(T) 13 Whatever you ask in My name, I will do it so that the Father may be glorified(U) in the Son.(V) 14 If you ask Me[f] anything in My name,(W) I will do it.[g](X)

Another Counselor Promised

15 “If you love Me, you will keep[h] My commands.(Y) 16 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counselor(Z) to be with you forever. 17 He is the Spirit(AA) of truth.(AB) The world is unable to receive Him because it doesn’t see Him or know Him. But you do know Him, because He remains with you and will be[i] in you.(AC) 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you.

The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

19 “In a little while the world will see Me no longer,(AD) but you will see Me.(AE) Because I live, you will live(AF) too. 20 In that day you will know that I am in My Father,(AG) you are in Me, and I am in you. 21 The one who has My commands and keeps them is the one who loves Me.(AH) And the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father.(AI) I also will love him and will reveal Myself to him.”

22 Judas(AJ) (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it You’re going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?”(AK)

23 Jesus answered, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.(AL) 24 The one who doesn’t love Me will not keep My words. The word that you hear is not Mine but is from the Father who sent Me.(AM)

25 “I have spoken these things to you while I remain with you. 26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit(AN)—the Father will send(AO) Him in My name—will teach you all things(AP) and remind you of everything I have told you.(AQ)

Jesus’ Gift of Peace

27 “Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Your heart must not be troubled or fearful.(AR) 28 You have heard Me tell you, ‘I am going away(AS) and I am coming to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced that I am going to the Father,(AT) because the Father is greater than I.(AU) 29 I have told you now before it happens(AV) so that when it does happen you may believe. 30 I will not talk with you much longer, because the ruler of the world(AW) is coming. He has no power over Me.[j](AX) 31 On the contrary, I am going away[k] so that the world may know that I love the Father. Just as the Father commanded Me, so I do.

“Get up; let’s leave this place.

Footnotes

  1. John 14:1 Or You believe
  2. John 14:2 The Vg used the Lat term mansio, a traveler’s resting place. The Gk word is related to the verb meno, meaning remain or stay, which occurs 40 times in John.
  3. John 14:4 Other mss read this verse: And you know where I am going, and you know the way
  4. John 14:7 Other mss read If you had known Me, you would have known
  5. John 14:11 Other mss read believe Me
  6. John 14:14 Other mss omit Me
  7. John 14:14 Other mss omit all of v. 14
  8. John 14:15 Other mss read If you love Me, keep (as a command)
  9. John 14:17 Other mss read and is
  10. John 14:30 Lit He has nothing in Me
  11. John 14:31 Probably refers to the cross

Jesus the Way to the Father

14 “Let not your hearts be troubled; believe [a] in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way where I am going.” [b] Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also; henceforth you know him and have seen him.”

Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. 11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me; or else believe me for the sake of the works themselves.

12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I go to the Father. 13 Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son; 14 if you ask[c] anything in my name, I will do it.

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, to be with you for ever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him; you know him, for he dwells with you, and will be in you.

18 “I will not leave you desolate; I will come to you. 19 Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more, but you will see me; because I live, you will live also. 20 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. 21 He who has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” 22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. 24 He who does not love me does not keep my words; and the word which you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.

25 “These things I have spoken to you, while I am still with you. 26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. 28 You heard me say to you, ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I go to the Father; for the Father is greater than I. 29 And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place, you may believe. 30 I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me; 31 but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go hence.

Footnotes

  1. John 14:1 Or you believe
  2. John 14:4 Other ancient authorities read where I am going you know, and the way you know
  3. John 14:14 Other ancient authorities add me

安慰門徒的心

14 「你們心裡不要憂愁,你們信神,也當信我。 在我父的家裡有許多住處,若是沒有,我就早已告訴你們了,我去原是為你們預備地方去。 我若去為你們預備了地方,就必再來接你們到我那裡去,我在哪裡,叫你們也在哪裡。 我往哪裡去你們知道,那條路你們也知道。[a] 多馬對他說:「主啊,我們不知道你往哪裡去,怎麼知道那條路呢?」

主為道路真理生命

耶穌說:「我就是道路、真理、生命。若不藉著我,沒有人能到父那裡去。 你們若認識我,也就認識我的父。從今以後,你們認識他,並且已經看見他。」 腓力對他說:「求主將父顯給我們看,我們就知足了。」 耶穌對他說:腓力,我與你們同在這樣長久,你還不認識我嗎?人看見了我,就是看見了父,你怎麼說『將父顯給我們看』呢? 10 我在父裡面,父在我裡面,你不信嗎?我對你們所說的話,不是憑著自己說的,乃是住在我裡面的父做他自己的事。 11 你們當信我,我在父裡面,父在我裡面;即或不信,也當因我所做的事信我。 12 我實實在在地告訴你們:我所做的事,信我的人也要做,並且要做比這更大的事,因為我往父那裡去。 13 你們奉我的名無論求什麼,我必成就,叫父因兒子得榮耀。 14 你們若奉我名求告什麼,我必成就。 15 你們若愛我,就必遵守我的命令。

應許賜保惠師

16 「我要求父,父就另外賜給你們一位保惠師[b],叫他永遠與你們同在, 17 就是真理的聖靈,乃世人不能接受的,因為不見他,也不認識他。你們卻認識他,因他常與你們同在,也要在你們裡面。 18 我不撇下你們為孤兒,我必到你們這裡來。 19 還有不多的時候,世人不再看見我,你們卻看見我,因為我活著,你們也要活著。 20 到那日,你們就知道我在父裡面,你們在我裡面,我也在你們裡面。

愛主的必遵守主道

21 「有了我的命令又遵守的,這人就是愛我的。愛我的必蒙我父愛他,我也要愛他,並且要向他顯現。」 22 猶大(不是加略猶大)問耶穌說:「主啊,為什麼要向我們顯現,不向世人顯現呢?」 23 耶穌回答說:「人若愛我,就必遵守我的道,我父也必愛他,並且我們要到他那裡去,與他同住。 24 不愛我的人就不遵守我的道;你們所聽見的道不是我的,乃是差我來之父的道。

25 「我還與你們同住的時候,已將這些話對你們說了。 26 但保惠師,就是父因我的名所要差來的聖靈,他要將一切的事指教你們,並且要叫你們想起我對你們所說的一切話。 27 我留下平安給你們,我將我的平安賜給你們。我所賜的不像世人所賜的,你們心裡不要憂愁,也不要膽怯。 28 你們聽見我對你們說了,我去,還要到你們這裡來。你們若愛我,因我到父那裡去,就必喜樂,因為父是比我大的。 29 現在事情還沒有成就,我預先告訴你們,叫你們到事情成就的時候,就可以信。 30 以後我不再和你們多說話,因為這世界的王將到;他在我裡面是毫無所有, 31 但要叫世人知道我愛父,並且父怎樣吩咐我,我就怎樣行。起來,我們走吧!」

Footnotes

  1. 約翰福音 14:4 有古卷作:我往哪裡去,你們知道那條路。
  2. 約翰福音 14:16 或作:訓慰師。下同。