John 16:27

for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from God.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

In Context

26In that day you shall ask in my name; and I say not to you, that I will ask the Father in your behalf;

28I came forth from the Father, and have come into the world: again I leave the world, and go to the Father.

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Cross References

John 3:13And no man has ascended into heaven, but he who came down from heaven, the Son of man, who is in heaven.

John 8:42Jesus said to them: If God were your father, you would love me; for I came forth from God and have come hither; nor, indeed, did I come of myself, but he sent me.

John 14:23Jesus answered and said to him: If any one loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him.

John 17:7Now they know that all things that thou hast given me are from thee;

John 17:25Righteous Father, though the world has not known thee, yet I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast 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 →

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