Reference: Advocate
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The word occurs only in the writings of St. John: four times in his Gospel (Joh 14:16,26; 15:26; 16:7) of the Holy Spirit, and once in his 1st Epistle (1Jo 2:1) of Jesus. It is unfortunate that our English Versions have rendered it in the former 'Comforter' (Revised Version margin 'or Advocate, or Helper, Gr. Paraclete') and in the latter 'Advocate' (Revised Version margin 'or Comforter, or Helper, Gr. Paraclete').
'Comforter,' though a true and beautiful designation of the Holy Spirit, is an impossible rendering. It is true that parakalein means either 'comfort' (Mt 5:4; 2Co 1:4; 7:6) or 'call to one's side' (Ac 28:20), but parakl
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"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Then I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you forever --
Then I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you forever -- the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it does not see him or know him. But you know him, because he resides with you and will be in you. read more. "I will not abandon you as orphans, I will come to you.
"I have spoken these things while staying with you. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and will cause you to remember everything I said to you.
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and will cause you to remember everything I said to you.
When the Advocate comes, whom I will send you from the Father -- the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father -- he will testify about me,
When the Advocate comes, whom I will send you from the Father -- the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father -- he will testify about me, and you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.
But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong concerning sin and righteousness and judgment -- read more. concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; concerning righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer; and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.
So for this reason I have asked to see you and speak with you, for I am bound with this chain because of the hope of Israel."
Who is the one who will condemn? Christ is the one who died (and more than that, he was raised), who is at the right hand of God, and who also is interceding for us.
since we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.
(My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous One,
(My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous One,