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If ye love me, keep my commandments.

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot ° receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

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I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

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Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

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At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

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He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

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Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?

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Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

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He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.

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These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.

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But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

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Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

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Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

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And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.

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Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath ° nothing in me.

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But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

John 14:16

14:16 another Comforter. The “Comforter” (Greek parakletos, meaning “called alongside”) is, of course, the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Triune Godhead. Although He is mentioned in many ways in the Old Testament (first of all, as the Energizer of the physical creation, Genesis 1:2), and also in the earlier chapters of the four gospels, this is the first explicit promise that He would be coming to be with the believer, taking the place of the Son, who would be returning to the Father. Having taken a human body, the Son cannot be omnipresent, but the Spirit is omnipresent, and thus Christ can continue to be with each believer through His Holy Spirit.

John 14:17

14:17 Spirit of truth. The “Spirit of Truth” inspired the Holy Scriptures (I Peter 1:11; II Peter 1:21); therefore they are altogether true and righteous (Psalm 19:9).

John 14:17

14:17 in you. The Holy Spirit frequently guided and energized the people of God in ancient times, but, with the death and resurrection of Christ, the way was open for Him to indwell every believer permanently (I Corinthians 6:19; Romans 8:9).

John 14:19

14:19 because I live. The future resurrection of the body of each believer is thus assured by Christ’s own bodily resurrection from the dead.

John 14:23

14:23 keep my words. The measure of our love for Christ is whether we keep (i.e., guard and obey) His Word and keep His commandments (John 14:15,21-24; see also I John 2:5,17; 4:17-20).

John 14:23

14:23 our abode. “Abode” is the same word as “mansion” in John 14:2, and these are the only two occurrences of the word in the New Testament. Even though each redeemed one will have his own “mansion” in the New Jerusalem, the indwelling presence of the triune God (even now a reality through the Holy Spirit) will continue dwelling in the same “abode” with us throughout eternity (I Thessalonians 4:17).

John 14:26

14:26 remembrance. John wrote his gospel, and the detailed discourses of Jesus recorded therein, approximately fifty years after the events occurred, yet he was able to recall and reproduce them all by the supernatural inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The same would have been true for the other New Testament writers. We can be confident, therefore, in view of this promise, as well as the many assurances of inspiration of the Old Testament (e.g., II Timothy 3:16; II Peter 1:21) that our entire Bible is altogether true and trustworthy.

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