John 16:13

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.”

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BSBPD

“However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and when He may come--the Spirit of truth--He will guide you to all the truth, for He will not speak from Himself, but as many things as He will hear He will speak, and the coming things He will tell you;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 16:13 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Joel 2:28And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
  2. John 3:32He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
  3. John 7:16“My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.
  4. John 8:38I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”
  5. John 12:49I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.
  6. John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
  7. John 14:17the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.
  8. John 14:26But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
  9. John 15:26When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.
  10. Acts 2:17‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
  11. Acts 11:28One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)
  12. Acts 20:23I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.
  13. Acts 21:9He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.
  14. Acts 27:24and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’
  15. 1 Corinthians 2:10But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
  16. Ephesians 4:7Now to each one of us grace has been given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
  17. 2 Thessalonians 2:3Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.
  18. 2 Thessalonians 2:12in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.
  19. 1 Timothy 4:1Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
  20. 2 Timothy 3:1But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.
  21. 2 Peter 2:1Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
  22. 1 John 2:20You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
  23. 1 John 2:27And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.
  24. 1 John 4:6We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.

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