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JOHN 16:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
John 16:13John 16:15
“He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.”
He will glorify me, because he will take what is mine and declare it to you — the Spirit's essential work is Christocentric: to glorify Jesus by taking from Jesus' fullness and revealing it to the disciples. The Spirit does not draw attention to himself but to Jesus; he is the selfless revealer of Christ's glory. This is the heart of pneumatology: the Spirit's purpose is to make Christ known.

Church Fathers on John 16:14

Our Lord having said above, It is expedient for you that I go away, He enlarges now upon it: I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

Theophylact · 11th century

All heretics, when their fables are rejected for their extravagance by the common sense of mankind, try to defend themselves by this text; as if these were the things which the disciples could not at this time bear, or as if the Holy Spirit could teach things, which even the unclean spirit is ashamed openly to teach and preach. But bad doctrines such as even natural shame cannot bear are one thing, good doctrines such as our poor natural understanding cannot bear are another.…

Augustine · 4th century

Having said then, you cannot bear them now, but then you shall be able, and, The Holy Spirit shall lead you into all truth; lest this should make them suppose that the Holy Spirit was the superior, He adds, For He shall not speak of Himself, but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak.

Chrysostom · 4th century
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