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John 14:18

I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

KJV

οὐκ ἀφήσω ὑμᾶς ὀρφανούς, ἔρχομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς.

Greek NT

Non relinquam vos orphanos : veniam ad vos.

Vulgate

I will not leave you desolate: I come unto you.

ASV

I will not leave you orphans: I will come to you.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

6 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
ἀφίημι
aphiemi
verb · 143×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ὀρφανός
orphanos
adjective · 2×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§788When his visible presence was taken from them, Jesus did not leave his disciples orphans. He promised to remain with them until the end of time; he sent them his Spirit.218 As a result communion with Jesus has become, in a way, more intense: "By communicating his Spirit, Christ mystically constitutes as his body those brothers of his who are called together from every nation."2…
Q. But isn't Christ with us until the end of the world as he promised? A. Christ is truly human and truly God. In his human nature Christ is not now on earth; but in his divinity, majesty, grace, and Spirit he is not absent from us for a moment.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 1:2 — Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 2Cor 1:4 — Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
  • 2Cor 4:8 — We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
  • 2Thess 2:16 — Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
  • Acts 23:11 — And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
  • Heb 2:18 — For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
  • Hos 6:3 — Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
  • Hos 14:3 — Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
  • Hos 14:3 — Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
  • Isa 43:1 — But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
  • Isa 51:12 — I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
  • Isa 51:12 — I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
  • Isa 66:11 — That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
  • John 6:19 — So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.
  • John 14:3 — And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
  • John 14:3 — And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
  • John 14:16 — And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
  • John 14:16 — And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
  • John 14:21 — He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
  • John 14:27 — Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
  • John 14:28 — Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
  • John 16:16 — A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
  • John 16:33 — These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
  • Lam 5:3 — We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
  • Luke 24:15 — And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.
  • Matt 18:20 — For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
  • Matt 28:20 — Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
  • Matt 28:20 — Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
  • Prov 10:24 — The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
  • Prov 14:10 — The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
  • Ps 23:4 — Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
  • Ps 101:2 — I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
  • Ps 141:8 — But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.