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John 14:17 KJV
John · chapter 14 · verse 17
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.John 14:17 · King James Version
John 14:17 in context
15If ye love me, keep my commandments.
16And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
17Even 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.
18I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
19Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
Commentary
Cross references
- Ezekiel 36:27
- John 16:13
- John 15:26
- 1 John 2:27
- 1 John 4:6
- 1 Corinthians 2:14
- 1 Corinthians 3:16
- 2 Timothy 1:14
Key words (Strong's)
- dwellethmenōto remain, abide, in reference to place, to sojourn, tarry, not to depart, to continue to…G3306 →
- receivelambanōto take, to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it, to…G2983 →
- knowethginōskōto learn to know, come to know, get a knowledge of perceive, feel, to become known, to…G1097 →
- Spiritpneumathe third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father…G4151 →
- cannotouno, not in direct questions expecting an affirmative answerG3756 →
- cannotdynamaito be able, have power whether by virtue of one s own ability and resources, or of a…G1410 →
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Christ not only proposes such things to them as were the matter of their comfort, but here promises to send the Spirit, whose office it should be to be their Comforter, to impress these things upon them. I. He premises to this a memento of duty (Joh 14:15): If you love me, keep my commandments.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-17