²² All this took place to fulfill^(A) what the Lord had said through the prophet: ²³ “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”^[a](B) (which means “God with us”).

The Word Became Flesh

1 In the beginning was the Word,^(A) and the Word was with God,^(B) and the Word was God.^{(C) 2} He was with God in the beginning.^{(D) 3} Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.^{(E) 4} In him was life,^(F) and that life was the light^(G) of all mankind. ⁵ The light shines in the darkness,^(H) and the darkness has not overcome^[a] it.^(I)

¹⁰ Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me?^(A) The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority.^(B) Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. ¹¹ Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves.^{(C) 12} Very truly I tell you, whoever believes^(D) in me will do the works I have been doing,^(E) and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. ¹³ And I will do whatever you ask^(F) in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. ¹⁴ You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

¹⁵ “If you love me, keep my commands.^{(G) 16} And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate^(H) to help you and be with you forever— ¹⁷ the Spirit of truth.^(I) The world cannot accept him,^(J) 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;^(K) I will come to you.^{(L) 19} Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me.^(M) Because I live, you also will live.^{(N) 20} On that day^(O) you will realize that I am in my Father,^(P) and you are in me, and I am in you.^{(Q) 21} Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me.^(R) The one who loves me will be loved by my Father,^(S) and I too will love them and show myself to them.”

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

²³ Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching.^(V) My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.^{(W) 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.^(X)

²⁵ “All this I have spoken while still with you. ²⁶ But the Advocate,^(Y) the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name,^(Z) will teach you all things^(AA) and will remind you of everything I have said to you.^{(AB) 27} Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.^(AC) I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled^(AD) and do not be afraid.

²⁸ “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’^(AE) If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father,^(AF) for the Father is greater than I.^{(AG) 29} I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe.^{(AH) 30} I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this world^(AI) is coming. He has no hold over me,

Jesus the Great High Priest

¹⁴ Therefore, since we have a great high priest^(A) who has ascended into heaven,^[a](B) Jesus the Son of God,^(C) let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.^{(D) 15} For we do not have a high priest^(E) who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are^(F)—yet he did not sin.^(G)

³ For what I received^(A) I passed on to you^(B) as of first importance^[a]: that Christ died for our sins^(C) according to the Scriptures,^{(D) 4} that he was buried,^(E) that he was raised^(F) on the third day^(G) according to the Scriptures,^(H)

³ regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life^[a](A) was a descendant of David,^{(B) 4} and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power^[b](C) by his resurrection from the dead:^(D) Jesus Christ our Lord.^(E)

⁹ After he said this, he was taken up^(A) before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

¹⁰ They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white^(B) stood beside them. ¹¹ “Men of Galilee,”^(C) they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back^(D) in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”

¹⁴ to keep this command without spot or blame^(A) until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,^{(B) 15} which God will bring about in his own time^(C)—God, the blessed^(D) and only Ruler,^(E) the King of kings and Lord of lords,^(F)