The Promise of the Holy Spirit

John 16:13

In 9 translations

BSB: However, 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.
KJV: Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
WEB: However, when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.
ASV: Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, these shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come.
LSV: and when He may come—the Spirit of truth—He will guide you to all the truth, for He will not speak from Himself, but as many things as He will hear He will speak, and the coming things He will tell you;
YLT: and when He may come — the Spirit of truth — He will guide you to all the truth, for He will not speak from Himself, but as many things as He will hear He will speak, and the coming things He will tell you;
DBY: But when he is come, the Spirit of truth, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but whatsoever he shall hear he shall speak; and he will announce to you what is coming.
DRC: But when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will teach you all truth. For he shall not speak of himself; but what things soever he shall hear, he shall speak; and the things that are to come, he shall shew you.
GNV: Howbeit, when he is come which is the Spirit of trueth, he will leade you into all trueth: for he shall not speake of himselfe, but whatsoeuer he shall heare, shall he speake, and he will shew you the things to come.

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Where the editions differ

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NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010) read ἐν (“into”); Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read εἰς (“into”).
NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010) read τῇ (“the”); Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read τὴν (“the”).
NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010) read ἀληθείᾳ (“truth”); Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἀλήθειαν (“truth”).
NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010) read πάσῃ (“all”); Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read πᾶσαν (“all”).
NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles read ἀκούσει (“He will hear”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἀκούσῃ (“He may hear”); Westcott–Hort read ἀκούει (“He hears”).

Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)

In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἂν (“maybe”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.

SBLGNT apparatus (2)

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SBLGNT: ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ πάσῃ. Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ πάσῃ; Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles read εἰς τὴν ἀλήθειαν πᾶσαν; Robinson–Pierpont read εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν ἀλήθειαν.
SBLGNT: ἀκούσει. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀκούσει; Westcott and Hort (1881) read ἀκούει; Robinson–Pierpont read ἂν ἀκούσῃ.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT: ὅταν δὲ ἔλθῃ ἐκεῖνος, τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας, ὁδηγήσει ὑμᾶς ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ πάσῃ, οὐ γὰρ λαλήσει ἀφʼ ἑαυτοῦ, ἀλλʼ ὅσα ἀκούσει λαλήσει, καὶ τὰ ἐρχόμενα ἀναγγελεῖ ὑμῖν.
RP2018: Ὅταν δὲ ἔλθῃ ἐκεῖνος, τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας, ὁδηγήσει ὑμᾶς εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν ἀλήθειαν· οὐ γὰρ λαλήσει ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ, ἀλλ’ ὅσα ἂν ἀκούσῃ λαλήσει, καὶ τὰ ἐρχόμενα ἀναγγελεῖ ὑμῖν.
TR-Boyd: Ὅταν δὲ ἔλθῃ ἐκεῖνος, τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας, ὁδηγήσει ὑμᾶς εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν ἀλήθειαν· οὐ γὰρ λαλήσει ἀφ᾿ ἑαυτοῦ, ἀλλ᾿ ὅσα ἂν ἀκούσῃ λαλήσει, καὶ τὰ ἐρχόμενα ἀναγγελεῖ ὑμῖν.
SCR1894: οταν δε ελθη εκεινος το πνευμα της αληθειας οδηγησει υμας εις πασαν την αληθειαν ου γαρ λαλησει αφ εαυτου αλλ οσα αν ακουση λαλησει και τα ερχομενα αναγγελει υμιν

Who and where

👤 Holy Spirit◆ Holy Week◆ Upper Room Discourse

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Truth Apostle Holy Spirit God Comforter Indwelling of the Holy Spirit, The Tongues of Fire Holy Spirit, the Teacher, The Guide Pentecost

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Cross-references most cited first

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.
1 Corinthians 2:10–13But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts…
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 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 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…
1 John 2:20You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
Acts 2:17–18‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on My menservants and maidservants I…
John 12:49I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.
John 7:16–18“My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me. If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own. He who speaks on his own…
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.
2 Timothy 3:1–5But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving,…
John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
1 Timothy 4:1–3Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot…
John 8:38I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”
Revelation 1:19Therefore write down the things you have seen, and the things that are, and the things that will happen after this.
2 Thessalonians 2:3Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.

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