John 14:16

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐγὼ ἐρωτήσω τὸν Πατέρα, καὶ ἄλλον Παράκλητον δώσει ὑμῖν, ἵνα μένῃ μεθʼ ὑμῶν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα·

Transliteration

And egō erōtēsō ton Patera, and another Paraklēton dōsei hymin, hina menē meth' hymōn eis ton aiōna;

Grammar Details

• *egō*: nominative, 1st person singular pronoun, emphatic - I
• *erōtēsō*: future indicative active, 1st person singular - I will ask
• *ton Patera*: accusative, masculine, singular - the Father
• *Paraklēton*: accusative, masculine, singular - Helper/Advocate/Comforter
• *dōsei*: future indicative active, 3rd person singular - he will give
• *hymin*: dative, 2nd person plural pronoun - to you
• *hina*: conjunction - so that/in order that
• *menē*: present subjunctive active, 3rd person singular - may remain
• *meth' hymōn*: preposition + genitive pronoun - with you
• *eis ton aiōna*: preposition + accusative - into the age/forever

Word Meanings

• *erōtēsō*: ask/request/entreat
• *Paraklēton*: Advocate/Helper/Comforter/Counselor
• *menē*: remain/abide/stay/continue
• *aiōna*: age/eternity/lifetime

Referenced Verses

• John 15:26 : 26 ¶ ‹But 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:›
• John 14:26 : 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 to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.›
• 1 John 2:1 : 1 ¶ My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
• John 16:7-9 : 7 ¶ ‹Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.› 8 ‹And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:› 9 ‹Of sin, because they believe not on me;› 10 ‹Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;› 11 ‹Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.› 12 ‹I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.› 13 ‹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.› 14 ‹He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew› [it] ‹unto you.› 15 ‹All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew› [it] ‹unto you.›
• Matt 28:20 : 20 ‹Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway,› [even] ‹unto the end of the world.› Amen.
• John 16:26-27 : 26 ‹At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:› 27 ‹For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.›
• Rom 8:34 : 34 Who [is] he that condemneth? [It is] Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
• John 14:14 : 14 ‹If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do› [it].
• John 14:18 : 18 ¶ ‹I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.›
• John 4:14 : 14 ‹But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.›
• Rom 14:17 : 17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
• Rom 15:13 : 13 ¶ Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
• Gal 5:22 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
• Eph 1:13-14 : 13 In whom ye also [trusted], after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
• Phil 2:1 : 1 ¶ If [there be] therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
• Col 3:3-4 : 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, [who is] our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
• 2 Thess 2:16 : 16 ¶ Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given [us] everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
• Heb 7:25 : 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.
• John 17:9-9 : 9 ‹I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.› 10 ‹And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.› 11 ¶ ‹And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we› [are].
• John 17:15 : 15 ‹I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.›
• John 17:20 : 20 ¶ ‹Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;›
• Acts 9:31 : 31 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
• Acts 13:52 : 52 And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.
• Rom 5:5 : 5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
• Rom 8:15-16 : 15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
• Rom 8:26-27 : 26 ¶ Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what [is] the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to [the will of] God.
• John 16:22 : 22 ‹And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.›