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JOHN 14:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
John 14:15John 14:17
“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;”
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever — this is the first explicit promise of the Paraclete (paraklētos—advocate, helper, counselor, Spirit of truth). The word "another" (allos) indicates that this Advocate is a different person than Jesus but of the same type and function; just as Jesus has been advocate and paraclete to the disciples, so the Spirit will be their ongoing advocate after Jesus' departure. The promise "to be with you forever" transforms what might be permanent loss into permanent presence through the Spirit.

Church Fathers on John 14:16

Our Lord having said, Whatsoever you shall ask in My name, that I will do; that they might not think simply asking would be enough, He adds, If you love Me, keep My commandments. And then I will do what you ask, seems to be His meaning. Or the disciples having heard Him say, I go to the Father, and being troubled at the thought of it, He says, To love Me, is not to be troubled, but to keep My commandments: this is love, to obey and believe in Him who is loved. And as they had…

Chrysostom · 4th century

Wherein He shows too that He Himself is the Comforter. Paraclete means advocate, and is applied to Christ: We have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous (1 Jn 2:1).

Augustine · 4th century

Paraclete, i.e. Comforter. They had then one Comforter, who comforted and elevated them by the sweetness of His miracles, and His preaching. DIDYMUS. But the Holy Ghost was another Comforter: differing not in nature, but in operation. For whereas our Savior in His office of Mediator, and of Messenger, and as High Priest, made supplication for our sins; the Holy Ghost is a Comforter in another sense, i.e. as consoling our griefs. But do not infer from the different operations…

Alcuin · 8th century
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