John 14:15-18

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

15 ¹"If you love me, you will ²keep my commandments.

16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another ³Helper,^[a] to be with you forever,

17 even ⁴the Spirit of truth, ⁵whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and ⁶will be in you.

18 "I will not leave you as orphans; ⁷I will come to you.

Cross References

• 1. ver. 21, 23; John 15:10; 1 John 5:3; 2 John 6
• 2. See 1 John 2:3
• 3. ver. 26; John 15:26; John 16:7
• 4. John 15:26; John 16:13; [1 Corinthians 2:12-14; 1 John 2:27; 1 John 4:6; 1 John 5:7]
• 5. 1 Corinthians 2:14
• 6. Acts 2:4; [1 John 2:27; 2 John 2]; See Romans 8:9
• 7. ver. 3, 28

Footnotes

• [a]. Or Advocate, or Counselor; also 14:26; 15:26; 16:7