John 16:27

for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have come to believe that I came from God.

Text-Critical English NT

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 ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf,

28I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”

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Cross References

John 3:13No one has ascended into heaven, except he who descended 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 have come here from God. I have not come of my own accord, but he sent me.

John 14:23Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

John 17:7They now know that everything yoʋ have given me is from yoʋ.

John 17:25Righteous Father, though the world does not know yoʋ, I know yoʋ, and these men know that yoʋ have 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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