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. 18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. while, and the world seeth me 19 Yet a little no more; but shall live also. ye abideth. Ham. 7 orphans. A. V. 8 what is there come to pass? Co. if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. Rom. viii. 25, 26: If we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities. y Ver. 26, JOHN, XV. 26: 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. do. xvi. 13: When he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth. 1 JOHN, iv. 6: Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. 21 COR. ii. 14: The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. a 1 Cor. iii. 16: Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 1 JOHN, ii. 27: But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you. MAT. xxviii. 20: Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. d JOHN, xvi. 16: A little while, and ye shall not see me and again, a little while, and ye shall see me. e JOHN, xi. 25: I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. 1 Cor. xv. 20-22: But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 1THES. iv. 14: If we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. HEB. vii. 25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. 20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. 22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? i 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man i love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will k come unto him, and make our abode with him. 24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings and 'the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. 25 m These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. 26 But the "Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things 8 what is there come to pass? Co. 9 observe. Ham, f See on ver. 10. 8 See on ver. 15. h LUKE, vi. 16: And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor. i Ver. 15, 21. ZEC. ii. 10: Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD. 1 JOHN, ii. 24: If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. REV. iii. 20: Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 'JOHN, v. 38: Ye have not his word abiding in you. See on ver. 10. ye m JOHN, xvi. 1: These things have I spoken unto you, that should not be offended. n Ver. 16. • See on LUKE, xxiv. 49. P JOHN. ii. 22: When therefore he was risen from the dead, to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. 27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. go 28 Ye have heard how "I said unto you, *I away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, "I the Father: for my 'Father is greater than I. go unto 29 And now I have "told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said. do. xii. 16: These things understood not his disciples at the first; but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him. do. xvi. 13: When he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth. 1JOHN, ii. 20, 27: Ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. The anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie. t See on JOHN, xvi. 33. r Ver. 1. $ Ver. 3, 12, 18. * LUKE, xxiv. 51: It came to pass while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. u " Ver. 12, JOHN, xvi. 16: A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. do. xx. 17: Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. V JOHN, v. 18: The Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. do. x. 29: My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all. PHIL. 11. 6: Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God. w See on JOHN, xiii. 19. 30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath "nothing in me. 31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence. 1 The consolation and mutual love between Christ and his members, under the parable of the vine: 18 a comfort in the hatred and persecution of the world: 26 the office of the Holy Ghost, and of the apostles. a I Am the true vine, and my Father is the bhusbandman. C 2 Every branch in me that beareth not dfruit he taketh away: and every branch that * See on JOHN, xii. 31. y 2 COR. v. 21: Who knew no sin. HEB. iv. 15: For we have not an High Priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. 1 JOHN, iii. 5: And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. z Ps. xl. 8: I delight to do thy will, O my God; yea, thy law is within my heart. ISA. 1.5: The LORD God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. JOHN, X. 18: No man taketh it [my life] from me, but I lay it down of myself: I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. PHIL. ii. 8: Being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. HEB. X. 5: When he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me. a See on MAT. xxi. 33. CHAP. XV. b 1 COR. iii. 9: Ye are God's husbandry. C © MAT. xv. 13: Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. GAL. v. 22: The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, &c. EPH. V. 9: The fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth. e MAT. xiii. 41, 42: The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; and shall cast them 'beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 3 Now ye are 'clean' through the word which I have spoken unto you. 4 'Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for 'without me2 ye can do nothing. m 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth 'pure. Ham. into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. LUKE, xiii. 7: Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none; cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? 2 severed from me. See ACTs, iv. 12. A. V. 'HEB. xii. 15: Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled. REV. iii. 19: As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous, therefore and repent. 8 JOHN, xiii. 10: Ye are clean, but not all. JOHN, xvii. 17: Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. EPH. v. 26: That he might sanctify and cleanse it [the Church] with the washing of water by the word. 1 PET. i. 22: Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit. CoL. i. 23: If ye continue in the faith groundea and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the Gospel. 1 JOHN, ii. 6: He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. *Hos. xiv. 8: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found. GAL. ii. 20: I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. PHIL. i. 11: Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. Pan. iv. 13: I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. MAT. iii. 10, and vii. 19: Every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. |