John 16:27
for the Father himself loves you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from God.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
26In that day ye will ask in my name, and I do not say to you, that I will pray the Father about you,
Cross References
Zephaniah 3:17LORD thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over thee with joy. He will rest in his love. He will joy over thee with singing.
John 3:13And no man has ascended into heaven, except he who came down out of heaven: the Son of man who is in heaven.
John 8:42Therefore Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, ye would love me, for I came forth and have come from God. For, neither have I come for myself, but he sent me.
John 14:23Jesus answered and said to him, If any man loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make a dwelling with him.
John 17:7Now they know that all things, as many as thou gave me are from thee.
John 17:25And righteous Father, the world does not know thee, but I know thee, and these know that thou sent me.
Matthew Henry on John 16:24-28
Encouragement to Prayer. 23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. 25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father. 26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the… Read the whole commentary →