16:14a

He will glorify Me: The Holy Spirit will glorify Jesus, which means that he will show how great and wonderful Christ is. The word glorify means “to reveal the greatness of someone, to demonstrate or show publicly that someone deserves to receive honor.” He will cause people to understand how very great and good he is. See how you translated “glory” in 1:14 and 8:54, and glorify in 12:28 and 13:31–32. See Key Biblical Terms Glory, Glorious, Glorify 3.

Here are other ways to translate this clause:

He will give me glory (Good News Translation)
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The Spirit of truth will bring glory to me (New Century Version)
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He will show you how glorious/great I am
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He will reveal/show to you my greatness

16:14b

by: The Greek conjunction that the Berean Standard Bible translates as by here usually introduces the reason or way that the Spirit will glorify Jesus. He will bring glory to Jesus by revealing Jesus’ true glory in his message. Here are other ways to translate this word in context:

He will glorify me, because he will take what is mine and declare it to you. (New Revised Standard Version)

taking from what is Mine: The phrase what is Mine here refers mainly to Christ’s message, what he wanted to say to the disciples (see 16:12). For example:

he will take what I have to say (New Century Version)
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he will take what I say (Good News Translation)
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by taking my message (Contemporary English Version)

and disclosing it to you: This clause indicates that the Spirit will tell Christ’s message to the disciples. The Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as disclosing is the same as in 16:13e. See the note there and translate the word the same way in both verses. For example:

and tell it to you (New Century Version)
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and explain it clearly

General Comment on 16:14b

In some languages it may be natural to reverse these clauses. For example:

by telling you whatever he receives from me (New Living Translation (2004))
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because he will tell you what I say (God’s Word)

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