Reference: Paraclete
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This is a Greek word, though sometimes used by English writers. It is translated 'Comforter,' referring to the Holy Spirit, in Joh 14:16,26; 15:26; 16:7; and 'Advocate,' referring to the Lord Jesus, in 1Jo 2:1. See ADVOCATE.
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and I will ask the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever,
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all the things that I have said unto you.
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me;
Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
My little children, I write these things unto you, that ye sin not; and if anyone has sinned, we have an Advocate before the Father, Jesus, the righteous Christ;