But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- NKJV However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.
- NLT When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future.
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The Spirit of truth will guide the disciples into all truth, speaking what He hears and declaring things to come. He leads believers into the full truth of God.
Overview
Jesus promises that the Spirit will guide the apostles into all the truth, not speaking on His own but conveying what He receives from the Father and the Son. This undergirds the trustworthiness of the apostolic teaching enshrined in the New Testament. The Spirit's ministry is self-effacing, always serving to make God's revelation known.
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- John 14:26But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.
- 1 Cor 2:10–13But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
- John 14:17the Spirit of truth, whom the world can’t receive; for it doesn’t see him, neither knows him. You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you.
- John 15:26“When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.
- 1 Jn 2:27As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.
- 1 Jn 2:20You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.
- Acts 2:17–18‘It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.
- John 12:49For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
- John 7:16–18Jesus therefore answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
- 1 Jn 4:6We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn’t listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
- 2 Tim 3:1–5But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come.
- John 14:6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
- 1 Tim 4:1–3But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,
- John 8:38I say the things which I have seen with my Father; and you also do the things which you have seen with your father.”
- Rev 1:19Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will happen hereafter;
- 2 Th 2:3Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the departure comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,
- Rev 22:1–21He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
- Rev 1:1This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
- Acts 27:24saying, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’
- Joel 2:28“It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.
- 2 Th 2:12that they all might be judged who didn’t believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
- Acts 21:9–11Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
- John 3:32What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness.
- Eph 4:7–15But to each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
- Acts 20:23except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me.
- Acts 11:28One of them named Agabus stood up, and indicated by the Spirit that there should be a great famine all over the world, which also happened in the days of Claudius.
- 2 Pet 2:1–22But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.
- Rev 6:1–17I saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder, “Come and see!”
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