John 14:16 (WEB)

Passage

I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever,—

Nearby Context

John 14:14 If you will ask anything in my name, I will do it.

John 14:15 If you love me, keep my commandments.

John 14:16 I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever,—

John 14:17 the 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 14:18 I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "pray", "father", "give", "another", "counselor", and "forever". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "pray" and "father", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "If you love me keep my commandments..." into verse 17's "the Spirit of truth whom the world...", so "pray" and "father" 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 "pray" and "father" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.