Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

John 14:17

In 9 translations

BSB: the 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.WH and is in you
KJV: 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.
WEB: the Spirit of truth, whom the world can’t receive, for it doesn’t see him and doesn’t know him. You know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.
ASV: even the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him: ye know him; for he abideth with you, and shall be in you.
LSV: the Spirit of truth, whom the world is not able to receive, because it does not see nor know [this] One, and you know [this] One, because [this] One remains with you, and will be in you.
YLT: the Spirit of truth, whom the world is not able to receive, because it doth not behold him, nor know him, and ye know him, because he doth remain with you, and shall be in you.
DBY: the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see him nor know him; but ye know him, for he abides with you, and shall be in you.
DRC: The spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, nor knoweth him: but you shall know him; because he shall abide with you, and shall be in you.
GNV: Euen the Spirit of trueth, whome the world can not receiue, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye knowe him: for he dwelleth with you, and shalbe in you.

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Where the editions differ

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NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἔσται (“He will be”); Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἐστίν (“He is”).

Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (4)

Spelling of γινώσκει: Tyndale House: γεινώσκει.
In STEPBible’s comparison, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include αὐτό (“him”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
In STEPBible’s comparison, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include δὲ (“now”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
Spelling of γινώσκετε: Tyndale House: γεινώσκετε.

SBLGNT apparatus (3)

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SBLGNT: γινώσκει. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read γινώσκει; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont add αὐτό.
SBLGNT: ὑμεῖς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὑμεῖς; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont add δὲ.
SBLGNT: ἔσται. Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ἔσται; Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles read ἐστίν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας, ὃ ὁ κόσμος οὐ δύναται λαβεῖν, ὅτι οὐ θεωρεῖ αὐτὸ οὐδὲ γινώσκει· ὑμεῖς γινώσκετε αὐτό, ὅτι παρʼ ὑμῖν μένει καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν ἔσται.
RP2018: τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας, ὃ ὁ κόσμος οὐ δύναται λαβεῖν, ὅτι οὐ θεωρεῖ αὐτό, οὐδὲ γινώσκει αὐτό. Ὑμεῖς δὲ γινώσκετε αὐτό, ὅτι παρ’ ὑμῖν μένει, καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν ἔσται.
TR-Boyd: τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας, ὃ ὁ κόσμος οὐ δύναται λαβεῖν, ὅτι οὐ θεωρεῖ αὐτό, οὐδὲ γινώσκει αὐτό. Ὑμεῖς δὲ γινώσκετε αὐτό, ὅτι παρ᾿ ὑμῖν μένει, καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν ἔσται.
SCR1894: το πνευμα της αληθειας ο ο κοσμος ου δυναται λαβειν οτι ου θεωρει αυτο ουδε γινωσκει αυτο υμεις δε γινωσκετε αυτο οτι παρ υμιν μενει και εν υμιν εσται

Who and where

👤 Holy Spirit◆ Holy Week◆ Upper Room Discourse

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Truth Trinity Holy Spirit God Comforter Dwell Spirituality Paraclete Communion with God Holy Spirit, the Personality of

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Cross-references most cited first

Ezekiel 36:27And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.
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.
1 John 2:27And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been…
John 15:26When 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.
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.
1 Corinthians 2:14The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
1 Corinthians 3:16Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
2 Timothy 1:14Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
Romans 8:13–14For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
1 Corinthians 6:19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
John 14:16And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—
John 14:23Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive…
1 John 4:4You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
1 John 3:24Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.
1 John 4:12–13No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us. By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.

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