John 14:18 Cross References

John 14:18

18: No, I will not abandon you as orphans--I will come to you.

When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.

"I am leaving you with a gift--peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give isn't like the peace the world gives. So don't be troubled or afraid.
Remember what I told you: I am going away, but I will come back to you again. If you really love me, you will be very happy for me, because now I can go to the Father, who is greater than I am.

Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age."

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, who will never leave you.

Even when I walk through the dark valley of death, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me.

For where two or three gather together because they are mine, I am there among them."

Assyria cannot save us, nor can our strength in battle. Never again will we call the idols we have made `our gods.' No, in you alone do the orphans find mercy."

But now, O Israel, the LORD who created you says: "Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine.

Oh, that we might know the LORD! Let us press on to know him! Then he will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring."

Since he himself has gone through suffering and temptation, he is able to help us when we are being tempted.

I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world."

I will be careful to live a blameless life--when will you come to my aid? I will lead a life of integrity in my own home.

May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you his grace and peace.
All praise to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. He is the source of every mercy and the God who comforts us.
He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When others are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us.
You can be sure that the more we suffer for Christ, the more God will shower us with his comfort through Christ.
So when we are weighed down with troubles, it is for your benefit and salvation! For when God comforts us, it is so that we, in turn, can be an encouragement to you. Then you can patiently endure the same things we suffer.

Delight in Jerusalem! Drink deeply of her glory even as an infant drinks at its mother's generous breasts.
Peace and prosperity will overflow Jerusalem like a river," says the LORD. "The wealth of the nations will flow to her. Her children will be nursed at her breasts, carried in her arms, and treated with love.
I will comfort you there as a child is comforted by its mother."

"I, even I, am the one who comforts you. So why are you afraid of mere humans, who wither like the grass and disappear?

May our Lord Jesus Christ and God our Father, who loved us and in his special favor gave us everlasting comfort and good hope,

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