John 14:25 (YLT)

Passage

`These things I have spoken to you, remaining with you,

Nearby Context

John 14:23 Jesus answered and said to him, `If any one may love me, my word he will keep, and my Father will love him, and unto him we will come, and abode with him we will make;

John 14:24 he who is not loving me, my words doth not keep; and the word that ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

John 14:25 `These things I have spoken to you, remaining with you,

John 14:26 and the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and remind you of all things that I said to you.

John 14:27 `Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "things", "spoken", and "remaining". 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 is not loving me my..." into verse 26's "and the Comforter 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.