John 16:27

for the Father Himself cherishes you, because you have cherished Me, and you have believed that I came forth from God;

Literal Standard Version

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 will make request in My Name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father for you,

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

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Cross References

Zephaniah 3:17Your God YHWH [is] in your midst, || A mighty one [to] save, || He rejoices over you with joy, || He works in His love, || He delights over you with singing.”

John 3:13And no one has gone up to Heaven, except He who came down out of Heaven—the Son of Man who is in Heaven.

John 8:42Jesus then said to them, “If God were your father, you were loving Me, for I came forth from God, and am come; for neither have I come of Myself, but He sent Me;

John 14:23Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone may love Me, he will keep My word, and My Father will love him, and We will come to him, and We will make [an] abode with him;

John 17:7now they have known that all things, as many as You have given to Me, are from You,

John 17:25Righteous Father, also the world did not know You, and I knew 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 →

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