Another Counselor Promised

15 “If you love me, you will keep[a] my commands.(A) 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor[b](B) to be with you forever. 17 He is the Spirit(C) of truth.(D) 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[c] in you.(E)

The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you.

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Footnotes

  1. 14:15 Other mss read “If you love me, keep (as a command)
  2. 14:16 Or advocate, or comforter, also in v. 26
  3. 14:17 Other mss read and is

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, in order that he may be with you forever[a] 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world is not able to receive, because it does not see him or know him.[b] You know him, because he resides with you and will be in you.

18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you.

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Footnotes

  1. John 14:16 Literally “for the age”
  2. John 14:17 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation