# John 14.16-17

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**Book:** [John](/codex/john-the-apostle/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 14. <span class="rl-speech">If ye shall ask anything in my name, that will I do.</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.</span>
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> **16. <span class="rl-speech">And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever,</span> 17. <span class="rl-speech">even the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him: ye know him; for he abideth with you, and shall be in you.</span>**
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> 18. <span class="rl-speech">I will not leave you desolate: I come unto you.</span> 19. <span class="rl-speech">Yet a little while, and the world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me: because I live, ye shall live also.</span> (John 14:14-19, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 14. <span class="rl-speech">If you will ask anything in my name, I will do it.</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">If you love me, keep my commandments.</span>
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> **16. <span class="rl-speech">I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever,,</span> 17. <span class="rl-speech">the Spirit of truth, whom the world can’t receive; for it doesn’t see him, neither knows him. You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you.</span>**
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> 18. <span class="rl-speech">I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you.</span> 19. <span class="rl-speech">Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.</span> (John 14:14-19, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 14. <span class="rl-speech">If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">If ye love me, keep my commandments.</span>
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> **16. <span class="rl-speech">And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;</span> 17. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span>**
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> 18. <span class="rl-speech">I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. <sup>comfortless: or, orphans</sup></span> 19. <span class="rl-speech">Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.</span> (John 14:14-19, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 14. <span class="rl-speech">if ye ask anything in my name I will do [it].</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">'If ye love me, my commands keep,</span>
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> **16. <span class="rl-speech">and I will ask the Father, and another Comforter He will give to you, that he may remain with you, to the age;</span> 17. <span class="rl-speech">the Spirit of truth, whom the world is not able to receive, because it doth not behold him, nor know him, and ye know him, because he doth remain with you, and shall be in you.</span>**
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> 18. <span class="rl-speech">'I will not leave you bereaved, I come unto you;</span> 19. <span class="rl-speech">yet a little, and the world doth no more behold me, and ye behold me, because I live, and ye shall live;</span> (John 14:14-19, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Argument from the Reliability of Reason](/codex/argument-from-the-reliability-of-reason/), via [John 14.17](/codex/john-14-17/)
- [Did Jesus Send Muhammad Dilemma Argument](/codex/did-jesus-send-muhammad-dilemma-argument/)
- [Divine Hiddenness Objection Defeater](/codex/divine-hiddenness-objection-defeater/)
- [Muhammad as Paraclete Refutation](/codex/muhammad-as-paraclete-refutation/)
- [Muhammad Not in Bible Objection Defeater](/codex/muhammad-not-in-bible-objection-defeater/), via [John 14.16](/codex/john-14-16/), [John 14.17](/codex/john-14-17/)
- [Quran Confirms Jesus is God Argument](/codex/quran-confirms-jesus-is-god-argument/)
- [Trinity Coherence Defense (Latin-Thomist)](/codex/trinity-coherence-defense-latin-thomist/), via [John 14.16](/codex/john-14-16/)
- [Unitarian Oneness Binitarian Objection Defeater](/codex/unitarian-oneness-binitarian-objection-defeater/), via [John 14.16](/codex/john-14-16/)

**Concepts:**

- [Doctrine](/codex/doctrine/), via [John 14.17](/codex/john-14-17/)
- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [John 14](/codex/john-14/)
- [Paraclete, Identity and Recipients](/codex/paraclete-identity-and-recipients/)
- [Pentecost](/codex/acts-2/)
- [Pneumatology](/codex/pneumatology/), via [John 14.16](/codex/john-14-16/)
- [Sermon on the Mount](/codex/sermon-on-the-mount/)
- [Tahrif](/codex/tahrif/)
- [The Muslim Defense](/codex/the-muslim-defense/)
- [Trinity vs Oneness vs Modalism vs Arianism](/codex/trinity-vs-oneness-vs-modalism-vs-arianism/), via [John 14.16](/codex/john-14-16/)

**People:**

- [Elisha](/codex/elisha/), via [John 14.16](/codex/john-14-16/)
- [John the Apostle](/codex/john-the-apostle/), via [John 14.16](/codex/john-14-16/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G0225 - aletheia](/codex/g0225-aletheia/), via [John 14.17](/codex/john-14-17/)
- [G3875 - parakletos](/codex/g3875-parakletos/), via [John 14.16](/codex/john-14-16/)

**Passages:**

- [Romans 8.16](/codex/romans-8-16/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.