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If ye love me, keep my commandments, and I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another comforter, that he may bide with you forever, e'en the spirit of truth.
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- by Bible or other Sacred Texts , John 14: 15-17.  [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Thomas Tallis (c1505 - 1585), "If ye love me" [vocal quartet a cappella] [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Tinelot Wittermans) , title 1: "Dutch Translation", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , title unknown, copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Tinelot Wittermans
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 32
Wanneer gij Mij liefhebt, zult gij Mijn geboden bewaren. En Ik zal de Vader bidden en Hij zal u een andere Trooster geven om tot in eeuwigheid bij u te zijn, de Geest der Waarheid.
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- a text in English by Bible or other Sacred Texts , John 14: 15-17.
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 35