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John 15:26

When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.

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ASV

But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall bear witness of me:

KJV

But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

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24 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ὍτανHotanWhenG3752 →
ἔλθῃelthēmay comeG2064 →
ὁhotheG3588 →
παράκλητοςparaklētosHelperG3875 →
ὃνhonwhomG3739 →
ἐγὼegōI myselfG1473 →
πέμψωpempsōwill sendG3992 →
ὑμῖνhuminto youG4771 →
παρὰparafromG3844 →
τοῦtoutheG3588 →
πατρός,patrosFather,G3962 →
τὸtotheG3588 →
πνεῦμαpneumaSpiritG4151 →
τῆςtēs<the>G3588 →
ἀληθείαςalētheiasof truthG225 →
ὃhowhoG3739 →
παρὰparafromG3844 →
τοῦtoutheG3588 →
πατρὸςpatrosFatherG3962 →
ἐκπορεύεται,ekporeuetaigoes forth,G1607 →
ἐκεῖνοςekeinosHeG1565 →
μαρτυρήσειmarturēseiwill bear witnessG3140 →
περὶpericoncerningG4012 →
ἐμοῦ·emouMe;G1473 →

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John 14:16And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—John 16:13However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.John 14:26But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.John 14:16–17And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—John 14:17the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.John 16:13–15However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.Acts 1:4And while they were gathered together, He commanded them: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift the Father promised, which you have heard Me discuss.Acts 5:32We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”1 John 5:6This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.Acts 2:32–33God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.1 Peter 1:12It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.1 John 5:8the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and these three are in agreement.John 3:34For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.1 John 4:6We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.Isaiah 11:2The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.Acts 15:8And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.Ephesians 1:13And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,1 John 5:6–10This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.

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