John 14:17

Easy To Read Version

The Helper is the Spirit of truth. {\cf2\super [214]} The world cannot accept him. Why? Because the world does not see him or know him. But you know him. He lives with you, and he will live in you.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:10

If a person is sad, he is the only one that can feel that sadness. In the same way, if a person is happy, he is the only one that can feel that joy.

Isaiah 57:15

God is high and lifted up.\par God lives forever.\par God’s name is holy.\par God says:\par I live in a high and holy place,\par but also with people that are\par sad and humble.\par I will give new life to the people\par that are humble in spirit.\par I will give new life to the people\par that are sad in their hearts.\par

Isaiah 59:21

The Lord says, “I will make an Agreement with those people. I promise, my Spirit and my words that I put in your mouth will never leave you. They will be with your children and your children’s children. They will be with you for now and forever.”

Ezekiel 36:27

And I will put my Spirit inside you. {\cf2\super [282]} I will change you so you will obey my laws. You will carefully obey my commands.

Matthew 10:20

It will not really be you speaking. The Spirit of your Father will be speaking through you.

John 14:16

I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper. {\cf2\super [213]} He will give you this Helper to be with you forever.

John 14:23

Jesus answered, “If any person loves me, then he will obey my teaching. My Father will love that person. My Father and I will come to that person and live with him.

John 16:13

But when the Spirit of truth {\cf2\super [224]} comes, he will lead you into all truth. The Spirit of truth will not speak his own words. He will speak only what he hears. He will tell you the things that will happen.

John 6:40

Every person that sees the Son and believes in him has life forever. I will raise up that person on the last day. This is what my Father wants.”

1 Corinthians 14:15

So what should I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind.

1 Corinthians 2:14

A person that is not spiritual does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. That person thinks that those things are foolish. That person cannot understand the things of the Spirit, because those things can only be judged spiritually.

1 Corinthians 3:16

You should know that you yourselves are God’s temple (house). God’s Spirit {\cf2\super [19]} lives in you.

1 Corinthians 6:19

You should know that your body is a temple (house) for the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [40]} The Holy Spirit is in you. You have received the Holy Spirit from God. You don’t own yourselves.

2 Corinthians 13:5

Look closely at yourselves. Test yourselves to see if you are \{living\} in the faith. You know that Christ Jesus is in you. But if you fail the test (are not living in the faith), then Christ is not living in you.

2 Corinthians 6:16

From this time on we don’t think of any person like the world thinks of people. It is true that in the past we thought of Christ like the world thinks. But we don’t think that way now.

Galatians 4:6

You are God’s children. That is why God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts. The Spirit {\cf2\super [49]} cries out, “Abba, {\cf2\super [50]} Father.”

Ephesians 2:22

And in Christ you people are being built together with the other people (the Jews). You are being made into a place where God lives through the Spirit. {\cf2\super [19]}

Ephesians 3:17

I pray that Christ will live in your hearts because of your faith. I pray that your life will be strong in love and be built on love.

2 Timothy 1:14

Protect the truth that you were given. Protect those things with the help of the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [9]} That Holy Spirit lives inside us.

1 John 2:27

Christ gave you a special gift. {\cf2\super [8]} You still have this gift in you. So you don’t need any person to teach you. The gift he gave you teaches you about everything. This gift is true. It is not false. So continue to live in Christ, like his gift taught you.

1 John 3:24

The person who obeys God’s commands lives in God. And God lives in that person. How do we know that God lives in us? We know because of the Spirit {\cf2\super [13]} that God gave us.

1 John 4:4

My dear children, you belong to God. So you have defeated them (the false teachers). Why? Because the One (God) who is in you is greater than the one (the devil) who is in \{the people of\} the world.

1 John 4:6

But we are from God. So the people who know God listen to us. But the people who are not from God don’t listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit {\cf2\super [16]} that is true and the spirit that is false.

1 John 5:7

So there are three witnesses that tell us \{about Jesus\}:

Revelation 2:17

“Every person that hears these things should listen to what the Spirit {\cf2\super [20]} says to the churches!