And I will ask the Father,
and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always,
Another Advocate: Jesus is the first advocate (paraclete); see 1 John 21, where
Jesus is an advocate in the sense of intercessor in heaven.
The Greek term derives from legal terminology for an advocate or defense attorney,
and can mean spokesman, mediator, intercessor, comforter,
consoler, although no one of these terms encompasses the meaning in John.
The Paraclete in John is a teacher, a witness to Jesus, and a prosecutor of the world,
who represents the continued presence on earth of the Jesus who has returned to the Father.
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name,
thy kingdom come, thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
forever. Amen.
