Passage
“These things I have spoken to you while abiding with you.
John 14:25 (LSB)
Nearby Context
John 14:23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our dwelling with him.
John 14:24 He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.
John 14:25 “These things I have spoken to you while abiding with you.
John 14:26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "things", "spoken", and "abiding". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "things" and "spoken", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 24's "He who does not love Me does..." into verse 26's "But the Advocate the Holy Spirit whom...", so "things" and "spoken" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "things" and "spoken" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.