John 16:27
for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from God.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
26In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will beseech the Father for you;
Cross References
John 3:13And no one has gone up 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, you would have loved Me, for I came forth and have come from God; nor have I come from Myself, but He sent Me.
John 14:23Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and we will make Our home with him.
John 17:7Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You.
John 17:25O righteous Father! Indeed the world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You 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 →