King James Version

John 16:13

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.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “into the truth all” (ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ πάσῃ.) before not here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “He will hear” (ἀκούσει) before He will here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “into all” (εἰς πᾶσαν) before not here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “maybe He may hear” (ἂν ἀκούσῃ) before He will here.

ὅτανhotanwhenὅτανconjunction — “when”G3752when, whenever.This verse uses “when”.whenδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἔλθῃelthēis comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “is come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.is comeἐκεῖνοςekeinosthatἐκεῖνοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “that”, the subject formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πνεῦμαpneumaspiritπνεῦμαnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “spirit”, the subject formG4151wind, breath, spirit.This verse uses “spirit”.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀληθείαςalētheiastruthἀλήθεια (alētheia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “truth”, the of-formG225truth, but not merely truth as spoken; truth of idea, reality, sincerity, truth in the moral sphere, divine truth revealed to man, straightforwardness.truthὁδηγήσειhodēgēseito guideὁδηγέω (hodēgeō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to guide”, an action still aheadG3594I lead, guide; met: I instruct, teach.This verse uses “guide”.ὑμᾶςhumasyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “you”, the object formG4771you.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.τῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀληθείᾳalētheiatruthἀλήθειαnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “truth”, the to- or for-formG225truth, but not merely truth as spoken; truth of idea, reality, sincerity, truth in the moral sphere, divine truth revealed to man, straightforwardness.πάσῃpasēallπᾶς (pas)adjective, dative, singular, feminine — “all”, the to- or for-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.οὐounotοὐadverb — “not”G3756no, not.notγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.λαλήσειlalēseispeakλαλέω (laleō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “speak”, an action still aheadG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.This verse uses “speak”.speakἀφ’aphofἀπό (apo)preposition — “of”G575from, away from.ofἑαυτοῦheautouhimselfἑαυτοῦpersonal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “himself”, the of-formG1438himself, herself, itself.This verse uses “himself”.himselfἀλλ’allbutἀλλά (alla)conjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.butὅσαhosawhatsoeverὅσος (hosos)relative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “whatsoever”, the object formG3745how much, how great, how many, as great as, as much.whatsoeverἀκούσειakouseihe shall hearἀκούω (akouō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he shall hear”, an action still aheadG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.This verse uses “hear”.he shall hearλαλήσειlalēseithat shall he speakλαλέω (laleō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “that shall he speak”, an action still aheadG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.This verse uses “speak”.that shall he speakκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐρχόμεναerchomenathings to comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)verb, present middle participle, accusative, plural, neuter — “things to come”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2064I come, go.things to comeἀναγγελεῖanangeleito reportἀναγγέλλω (anangellō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to report”, an action still aheadG312I bring back word, report; I announce, declare.This verse uses “report”.ὑμῖνhuminyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

εἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.πᾶσανpasanallπᾶς (pas)adjective, dative, singular, feminine — “all”, the to- or for-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.ἂνanifἄνparticle — “if”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.ἀκούσῃakousēhe shall hearἀκούω (akouō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he shall hear”, an action still aheadG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.This verse uses “hear”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

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;

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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World English Bible

However , when he , the Spirit of truth, has come , he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself ; but whatever he hears, he will speak . He will declare to you things that are coming .

Darby Translation

But when he is come, the Spirit of truth, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but whatsoever he shall hear he shall speak; and he will announce to you what is coming.

Douay-Rheims

But when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will teach you all truth. For he shall not speak of himself; but what things soever he shall hear, he shall speak; and the things that are to come, he shall shew you.

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