Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 14:16

"And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever," — John 14:16 (ASV)

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; –

"One who will not need to die, and so to be separated from you; but who, once coming to you, shall tarry with you throughout the ages;" –

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

Not a different Comforter, but the Comforter who is now with us, is of the same nature and works in the same manner as the Lord Jesus himself, who was our first Advocate, Helper, Paraclete, Comforter: I give you these four words instead of one because they are all wrapped up in the original word 'Paraclete'—that he may abide with you for ever and ever.

The Lord Jesus could not abide with us forever; it was expedient for him to go to heaven to prepare a place for us. But the Holy Spirit will not go; he will remain in this dispensation, even to the end of it—that he may abide with you for ever.