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John 16:13

"But when He, the Spirit of Truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth [full and complete truth]. For He will not speak on His own initiative, but He will speak whatever He hears [from the Father—the message regarding the Son], and He will disclose to you what is to come [in the future].

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God Continued...;   Holy Spirit;   Jesus Continued;   Symbols and Similitudes;   Trinity;   Truth;   Wisdom;   Thompson Chain Reference - Comforter, the;   Fuller Revelation;   Guidance, Divine;   Holy Spirit;   Holy Spirit, 6S, 7S, and 8's O;   Leadership;   Mysteries-Revelations;   Promises, Divine;   Revelation;   Spirit;   Truth;   Work, Religious;   The Topic Concordance - Comfort;   Glory;   Holy Spirit;   Teaching;   Truth;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Apostles, the;   Emblems of the Holy Spirit, the;   Holy Spirit, the, Is God;   Holy Spirit, the Personality of;   Holy Spirit, the Teacher, the;   Indwelling of the Holy Spirit, the;   Scriptures, the;   Truth;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ascension;   Comforter;   Inspiration;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Apostle;   Canon;   Ethics;   Guidance;   Holy spirit;   Inspiration;   Prophecy, prophet;   Teacher;   Trinity;   Truth;   Worship;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Astrology;   Bible, Inspiration of the;   Comfort;   Education in Bible Times;   Faith;   Lie, Lying;   Sanctification;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Holy Ghost;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Apostle;   Holy Ghost;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Apostle;   Elijah;   Holy Spirit, the;   Inspiration;   Philip the Evangelist;   Rabbi;   Tradition;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Baptism of the Holy Spirit;   Bible, Hermeneutics;   Helper;   John, the Gospel of;   Security of the Believer;   Sin;   Trinity;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Children (Sons) of God;   God;   Holy Spirit;   Inspiration;   John, Theology of;   Of;   Prophet;   Trinity;   Truth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Anointing (2);   Ascension;   Authority in Religion;   Comforter ;   Communion (2);   Dependence;   Devotion;   Doctrines;   Faith ;   God;   Guide;   Hearing;   Holy Spirit;   Incarnation (2);   Inspiration;   John, Gospel of (Ii. Contents);   Manuscripts;   Mental Characteristics;   Mission;   Obedience (2);   Obscurity;   Omnipresence;   Paraclete;   Premeditation;   Promise (2);   Propitiation (2);   Reflectiveness;   Regeneration (2);   Religion (2);   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Sight;   Spirit ;   Trinity (2);   Truth (2);   Turning;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Trinity;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Conversion;   Fruit;   Holy ghost;   Pentecost;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Comforter;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Apostle;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Inspiration;   Roman Catholics;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Authority in Religion;   Baptism of the Holy Spirit;   Blasphemy;   Christ, Offices of;   Guide;   Johannine Theology, the;   Lord's Supper (Eucharist);   Pentecost;   Spirit;   Tongues of Fire;   Truth;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Apostle;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for November 22;   Every Day Light - Devotion for May 22;   Faith's Checkbook - Devotion for October 6;  

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
But when the Trail Guide comes, he will lead you to all truths. He will not speak anything that he has not heard. He's going to guide you in all things to come.
Legacy Standard Bible
But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak from Himself, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.
Bible in Basic English
However, when he, the Spirit of true knowledge, has come, he will be your guide into all true knowledge: for his words will not come from himself, but whatever has come to his hearing, that he will say: and he will make clear to you the things to come.
Darby Translation
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.
New King James Version
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.
Christian Standard Bible®
When the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all the truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak whatever He hears. He will also declare to you what is to come.
World English Bible
However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever things he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you the things that are to come.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But when he, the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak of himself: but whatsoever he shall hear, he will speak; and he will shew you things to come.
Weymouth's New Testament
But when He has come--the Spirit of Truth--He will guide you into all the truth. For He will not speak as Himself originating what He says, but all that He hears He will speak, and He will make known the future to you.
King James Version (1611)
Howbeit, when hee the spirit of trueth is come, he wil guide you into all trueth: For he shall not speake of himselfe: but whatsoeuer he shall heare, that shall he speake, and he will shew you things to come.
Literal Translation
But when that One comes, the Spirit of Truth, He will guide you into all Truth, for He will not speak from Himself, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will announce the coming things to you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
howbeit whan he (the sprete of trueth commeth) he shal lede you in to all trueth. For he shal not speake of himself, but what soeuer he shal heare, that shal he speake: and he shall shewe you, what is for to come.
Mace New Testament (1729)
but when he, the spirit of truth shall come, he will inform you of all those truths: for he will not speak from himself; but the information he shall receive will he communicate: and acquaint you with what is to come.
American Standard Version
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.
Revised Standard Version
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
How be it when he is come (I meane the sprete of truthe) he will leade yon into all trueth. He shall not speake of him selfe: but whatsoever he shall heare that shall he speake and he will shewe you thinges to come.
Update Bible Version
Nevertheless when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but whatever he shall hear, he shall speak: and he shall declare to you the things that are to come.
Webster's Bible Translation
But, when he, the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all the truth: for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he shall hear, [that] will he speak: and he will show you things to come.
Young's Literal Translation
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;
New Century Version
But when the Spirit of truth comes, he will lead you into all truth. He will not speak his own words, but he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is to come.
New English Translation
But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but will speak whatever he hears, and will tell you what is to come.
Contemporary English Version
The Spirit shows what is true and will come and guide you into the full truth. The Spirit doesn't speak on his own. He will tell you only what he has heard from me, and he will let you know what is going to happen.
Complete Jewish Bible
However, when the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own initiative but will say only what he hears. He will also announce to you the events of the future.
English Standard Version
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
Geneva Bible (1587)
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.
George Lamsa Translation
But when the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak from himself, but what he hears that he will speak; and he will make known to you things which are to come in the future.
Hebrew Names Version
However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever things he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you the things that are coming.
International Standard Version
Yet when the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own accord, but will speak whatever he hears and will declare to you the things that are to come.John 14:17,26; 15:26; John 14:17,26, 1 John 2:20,27;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
but when the Spirit of Truth hath come, he will lead you into all the truth; for he will not speak of himself; [fn] but all that he shall hear he will speak, and the things to come [fn] will he make known to you.
Murdock Translation
But when the Spirit of truth shall come, he will lead you into all the truth. For he will not speak from his own mind; but whatever he heareth, that will he speak: and he will make known to you things to come.
New Living Translation
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.
New Life Bible
The Holy Spirit is coming. He will lead you into all truth. He will not speak His Own words. He will speak what He hears. He will tell you of things to come.
English Revised Version
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
New Revised Standard
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Howbeit, as soon as, he, hath come - The Spirit of truth, he will guide you into all truth; for he will not speak from himself, but, whatsoever he heareth, he will speak, and, the coming things, will he announce unto you.
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
But when he—the Spirit of truth—comes, he will guide you into all the truth. For he will not speak from himself, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will proclaim to you the things to come.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Howebeit, when he is come, whiche is the spirite of trueth, he wyl leade you into all trueth. He shall not speake of himselfe: but whatsoeuer he shal heare, that shall he speake, and he wyll shewe you thynges to come.
Easy-to-Read Version
But when the Spirit of truth comes, he will lead you into all truth. He will not speak his own words. He will speak only what he hears and will tell you what will happen in the future.
New American Standard Bible
"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.
Good News Translation
When, however, the Spirit comes, who reveals the truth about God, he will lead you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own authority, but he will speak of what he hears and will tell you of things to come.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But whanne thilke spirit of treuthe cometh, he schal teche you al trewthe; for he schal not speke of hym silf, but what euer thinges he schal here, he schal speke; and he schal telle to you tho thingis that ben to come.

Contextual Overview

7"But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper (Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor—Counselor, Strengthener, Standby) will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him (the Holy Spirit) to you [to be in close fellowship with you]. 8"And He, when He comes, will convict the world about [the guilt of] sin [and the need for a Savior], and about righteousness, and about judgment: 9about sin [and the true nature of it], because they do not believe in Me [and My message]; 10about righteousness [personal integrity and godly character], because I am going to My Father and you will no longer see Me; 11about judgment [the certainty of it], because the ruler of this world (Satan) has been judged and condemned. 12"I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear [to hear] them now. 13"But when He, the Spirit of Truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth [full and complete truth]. For He will not speak on His own initiative, but He will speak whatever He hears [from the Father—the message regarding the Son], and He will disclose to you what is to come [in the future].14"He will glorify and honor Me, because He (the Holy Spirit) will take from what is Mine and will disclose it to you. 15"All things that the Father has are Mine. Because of this I said that He [the Spirit] will take from what is Mine and will reveal it to you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Spirit: John 14:17, John 15:26, 1 John 4:6

will guide: John 14:26, 1 Corinthians 2:10-13, Ephesians 4:7-15, 1 John 2:20, 1 John 2:27

for: John 3:32, John 7:16-18, John 8:38, John 12:49

he will show: Joel 2:28, Acts 2:17, Acts 2:18, Acts 11:28, Acts 20:23, Acts 21:9-11, Acts 27:24, 2 Thessalonians 2:3, 2 Thessalonians 2:12, 1 Timothy 4:1-3, 2 Timothy 3:1-5, 2 Peter 2:1-22, Revelation 1:1, Revelation 1:19, Revelation 6:1-17, Revelation 22:1-21

Reciprocal: Genesis 42:23 - he spake unto them by an interpreter 2 Chronicles 32:22 - guided Psalms 25:5 - Lead Psalms 31:3 - lead Psalms 48:14 - guide Psalms 68:18 - received Psalms 73:24 - Thou Psalms 143:10 - thy spirit Isaiah 11:2 - the spirit of wisdom Isaiah 58:11 - the Lord Matthew 10:27 - I tell Matthew 13:33 - till John 8:32 - ye shall John 14:7 - from Acts 10:19 - the Spirit Acts 11:12 - the Spirit Acts 15:28 - it 1 Corinthians 2:16 - But 1 Corinthians 12:10 - prophecy Galatians 5:18 - if Ephesians 3:5 - by 2 Timothy 2:7 - and 1 John 4:2 - Every 1 John 5:6 - is truth Revelation 4:1 - and I

Cross-References

Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not borne him any children, and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.
Genesis 16:5
Then Sarai said to Abram, "May [the responsibility for] the wrong done to me [by the arrogant behavior of Hagar] be upon you. I gave my maid into your arms, and when she realized that she had conceived, I was despised and looked on with disrespect. May the LORD judge [who has done right] between you and me."
Genesis 16:7
But the Angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, on the road to [Egypt by way of] Shur.
Genesis 16:9
The Angel of the LORD said to her, "Go back to your mistress, and submit humbly to her authority."
Genesis 16:10
Then the Angel of the LORD said to her, "I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count."
Genesis 16:12
"He (Ishmael) will be a wild donkey of a man; His hand will be against every man [continually fighting] And every man's hand against him; And he will dwell in defiance of all his brothers."
Genesis 22:14
So Abraham named that place The LORD Will Provide. And it is said to this day, "On the mountain of the LORD it will be seen and provided."
Genesis 28:17
So he was afraid and said, "How fearful and awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gateway to heaven."
Genesis 31:42
"If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and [the Feared One] of Isaac, had not been with me, most certainly you would have sent me away now empty-handed. God has seen my affliction and humiliation and the [exhausting] labor of my hands, so He rendered judgment and rebuked you last night."
Judges 6:24
Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD and named it The LORD is Peace. To this day it is still in Ophrah, of the Abiezrites.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Howbeit, when the Spirit of truth is come,.... Of this character of the Spirit, see John 14:17. His coming, as before, intends more especially his descent on the apostles at Pentecost; though what is here said of him is true of his office, and of his operations on other persons, and at other times:

he will guide you into all truth; necessary to be known, useful to men, profitable to the churches, even the whole counsel of God; what relates to worship, the nature, form, and spirituality of it, as well as doctrine. He is as a guide, he goes before, leads the way, removes obstructions, opens the understanding, makes things plain and clear, teaches to profit, and leads in the way men should go, without turning to the right hand or left, which, without such a guide, they would be apt to do. The Jews y have a notion of the Holy Ghost being a guide into all wisdom and knowledge.

"R. Phinehas says, the Holy Spirit rested upon Joseph from his youth to the day of his death, and "guided him into all wisdom", as a shepherd leads his flock, according to

Psalms 80:1;''

For he shall not speak of himself: as Christ, the Son, spoke not of himself in opposition to the Father, so the Spirit speaks not of himself in opposition either to the Father, or the Son, but in perfect agreement with both; being, as of the same nature and essence, power and glory, so of the same mind, understanding, and will; and as they agreed and wrought jointly and harmoniously, in the works of nature and providence, so in the economy of grace and salvation.

But whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak; as Christ himself did, John 15:15; and they are such things as ear has not heard besides; what were secretly transacted in the council and covenant of peace, and agreed upon by all the three persons; things which concern the salvation of men, the Gospel church state, another world, and the glory of all the divine persons:

and he will show you things to come; which would come to pass after the death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ; things relating to the state and settlement of the Gospel church, the partition wall being broken down, the law of commandments contained in ordinances abolished, and a new face of things appearing in the kingdom and interest of Christ, in consequence of the Spirit being sent forth, and poured down: or this may respect the spirit of prophecy in the apostles, who showed to them many things to come in after ages; as the rise of the man of sin, the great departure from the faith, and decline of the power of godliness in the last days, the calling of the Jews, the destruction of antichrist, the burning of the world, and the making of new heavens and new earth; and, in short, what would be the state of the church of Christ, and religion, in all the several periods of time, quite down to the coming of Christ, when dead saints shall be raised, and living ones changed, as is declared throughout the book of Revelation.

y Pirke Eliezer, c. 39.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Spirit of truth - So called because he would teach them all necessary truth.

Will guide you into all truth - That is, truth which pertained to the establishment of the Christian system, which they were not then prepared to hear. We may here remark that this is a full promise that they would be inspired and guided in founding the new church; and we may observe that the plan of the Saviour was replete with wisdom. Though they had been long with him, yet they were not prepared then to hear of the changes that were to occur; but his death would open their eyes, and the Holy Spirit, making use of the striking and impressive scenes of his death and ascension, would carry forward with vast rapidity their views of the nature of the Christian scheme. Perhaps in the few days that elapsed, of which we have a record in the first and second chapters of the Acts of the Apostles, they learned more of the true nature of the Christian plan than they would have done in months or years even under the teaching of Jesus himself. The more we study the plan of Christ, the more shall we admire the profound wisdom of the Christian scheme, and see that it was eminently fitted to the great design of its Founder - to introduce it in such a manner as to make on man the deepest impression of its wisdom and its truth.

Not speak of himself - Not as prompted by himself. He shall declare what is communicated to him. See the notes at John 7:18.

Whatsoever he shall hear - What he shall receive of the Father and the Son; represented by hearing, because in this way instruction is commonly received. See the notes at John 5:30.

Things to come - Probably this means the meaning of things which were to take place after the time when he was speaking to them - to wit, the design of his death, and the nature of the changes which were to take place in the Jewish nation. It is also true that the apostles were inspired by the Holy Spirit to predict future events which would take place in the church and the world. See Acts 11:28; Acts 20:29; Acts 21:11; 1 Timothy 4:1-3; 2 Timothy 3:0; 2 Peter 1:14; and the whole book of Revelation.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 16:13. He will guide you — He will consider your feeble infant state; and, as a father leads his child by the hand, so will the Holy Spirit lead and guide you.

The Vulgate, and some copies of the Itala, read, He will TEACH you all truth; but this and more is implied in the word οδηγησει, he will lead; besides, this reading is not acknowledged by any Greek MS.

He shall not speak of himself — He shall teach nothing contrary to what I have taught you:

But whatsoever he shall hear — Of the Father and me, that he shall speak, and thus show the intimate consent between himself, the Father, and Christ. It is one conjoint testimony, in which the honour and glory of the holy Trinity, and man's salvation are equally concerned.

And he will show you things to came. — He will fully explain every thing that may now appear dark or difficult to you; will give you such a knowledge of futurity as shall, in all necessary cases, enable you to foretell future events; and shall supply every requisite truth, in order to make the new covenant revelation complete and perfect.


 
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