John 14:15-31.
John 14:15-31 (Good News Translation)
15If you love me, you will obey my commandments.
16I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper,
who will stay with you forever.
17He is the Spirit, who reveals the truth about God. The world
cannot receive him, because it cannot see him or know him. But you know
him, because he remains with you and is
in you.
18When I go, you will not be left all alone; I will come back
to you.
19In a little while the world will see me no more, but you will
see me; and because I live, you also will live.
20When that day comes, you will know that I am in my Father and
that you are in me, just as I am in you.
21"Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones
who love me. My Father will love those who love me; I too will love them
and reveal myself to them."
22Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said,
"Lord, how can it be that you will reveal yourself to us and not
to the world?"
23Jesus answered him,
Those who love me will obey my teaching. My Father will love
them, and my Father and I will come to them and live with them.
24Those who do not love me do not obey my teaching. And the
teaching you have heard is not mine, but comes from the Father, who sent
me.
25I have told you this while I am still with you.
26The Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my
name, will teach you everything and make you remember all that I have told
you.
27Peace is what I leave with you; it is my own peace that I
give you. I do not give it as the world does. Do not be worried and upset;
do not be afraid.
28You heard me say to you,
"I am leaving, but I will come back to you." If you loved me,
you would be glad that I am going to the Father; for he is greater than I.
29I have told you this now before it all happens, so that when
it does happen, you will believe.
30I cannot talk with you much longer, because the ruler of this
world is coming. He has no power over me,
31but the world must know that I love the Father; that is why I
do everything as he commands me.
Come, let us go from this place.
15If you love me, you will obey my commandments.
16I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper,
who will stay with you forever.
17He is the Spirit, who reveals the truth about God. The world
cannot receive him, because it cannot see him or know him. But you know
him, because he remains with you and is
in you.
18When I go, you will not be left all alone; I will come back
to you.
19In a little while the world will see me no more, but you will
see me; and because I live, you also will live.
20When that day comes, you will know that I am in my Father and
that you are in me, just as I am in you.
21"Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones
who love me. My Father will love those who love me; I too will love them
and reveal myself to them."
22Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said,
"Lord, how can it be that you will reveal yourself to us and not
to the world?"
23Jesus answered him,
Those who love me will obey my teaching. My Father will love
them, and my Father and I will come to them and live with them.
24Those who do not love me do not obey my teaching. And the
teaching you have heard is not mine, but comes from the Father, who sent
me.
25I have told you this while I am still with you.
26The Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my
name, will teach you everything and make you remember all that I have told
you.
27Peace is what I leave with you; it is my own peace that I
give you. I do not give it as the world does. Do not be worried and upset;
do not be afraid.
28You heard me say to you,
"I am leaving, but I will come back to you." If you loved me,
you would be glad that I am going to the Father; for he is greater than I.
29I have told you this now before it all happens, so that when
it does happen, you will believe.
30I cannot talk with you much longer, because the ruler of this
world is coming. He has no power over me,
31but the world must know that I love the Father; that is why I
do everything as he commands me.
Come, let us go from this place.
God bless you.
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