John 16:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹³ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ But when He, the Spirit of Truth (the Truth-giving Spirit) comes, He will guide you into all the Truth (the whole, full Truth). For He will not speak His own message [on His own authority]; but He will tell whatever He hears [from the Father; He will give the message that has been given to Him], and He will announce and declare to you the things that are to come [that will happen in the future].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ 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.

Common English Bible

¹³ However, when the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you in all truth. He won’t speak on his own, but will say whatever he hears and will proclaim to you what is to come.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ But when the Spirit of truth has arrived, he will teach the whole truth to you. For he will not be speaking from himself. Instead, whatever he will hear, he will speak. And he will announce to you the things that are to come.

John 16:13 Cross References

John 14:26

But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all that I have said to you.

John 14:17

This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him because he abides with you, and he will be in you.

John 15:26

“When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, he will testify on my behalf.

1 John 2:27

As for you, the anointing that you received from him abides in you, so you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, abide in him.

1 John 2:20

But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and all of you have knowledge.

John 12:49

for I have not spoken on my own, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment about what to say and what to speak.

1 John 4:6

We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us, and whoever is not from God does not listen to us. From this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Revelation 1:19

Now write what you have seen, what is, and what is to take place after this.

John 8:38

I declare what I have seen in the Father’s presence; as for you, you should do what you have heard from the Father.”

2 Thessalonians 2:3

Let no one deceive you in any way, for that day will not come unless the rebellion comes first and the lawless one is revealed, the one destined for destruction.

Revelation 1:1

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place, and he made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

2 Thessalonians 2:12

so that all who have not believed the truth but took pleasure in unrighteousness will be condemned.

Acts 27:24

and he said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before the emperor, and, indeed, God has granted safety to all those who are sailing with you.’

Joel 2:28

Then afterward I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.

Acts 20:23

except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.

John 3:32

He testifies to what he has seen and heard, yet no one accepts his testimony.

Acts 11:28

One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine over all the world, and this took place during the reign of Claudius.

Isaiah 11:2

The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.

John 16:12

“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

Hebrews 1:1

Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets,

1 John 5:6

This is the one who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only but with the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one that testifies, for the Spirit is the truth.