John 16:27
For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
John 16:27 in other translations
| BSB | For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God. |
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| WEB | for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came from God. |
| ASV | for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from the Father. |
| YLT | for the Father himself doth love you, because me ye have loved, and ye have believed that I from God came forth; |
| DARBY | for the Father himself has affection for you, because ye have had affection for me, and have believed that I came out from God. |
| BBE | For the Father himself gives his love to you, because you have given your love to me and have had faith that I came from God. |
| Webster | For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came from God. |
What does John 16:27 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 16:23-28
23-28. In that day--of the dispensation of the Spirit (as in Joh 14:20). ye shall ask--inquire of me nothing--by reason of the fulness of the Spirit's teaching (Joh 14:26; 16:13; and compare 1Jo 2:27).
Barnes' Notes
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 16:23-27
Asking of the Father shows a sense of spiritual wants, and a desire of spiritual blessings, with conviction that they are to be had from God only. Asking in Christ's name, is acknowledging our unworthiness to receive any favours from God, and shows full dependence upon Christ as the Lord our Righteousness. Our Lord had hitherto spoken in short and weighty sentences, or in parables, the import of which the disciples…
John 16:27 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 16:27
- John 14:23
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
- John 14:21
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
- John 17:23
I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
- John 8:42
Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
- 1 John 4:19
We love him, because he first loved us.
- 1 Peter 1:8
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
- John 16:30
Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.
- 1 Corinthians 16:22
If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maran-atha.
- John 21:15-17
So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
- Matthew 10:37
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14
For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
- John 17:25-26
O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
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Context
- John 16:26
At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:
- John 16:27
For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
- John 16:28
I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
John 16:27 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Pues el mismo Padre os ama, porque vosotros me amasteis, y habéis creído que yo salí de Dios. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | car le Père lui-même vous aime, parce que vous m’avez aimé et que vous avez cru que moi je suis sorti d’auprès de Dieu. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | denn der Vater selbst hat euch lieb, weil ihr mich geliebt und geglaubt habt, daß ich von Gott ausgegangen bin. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | ipse enim Pater amat vos, quia vos me amastis, et credidistis, quia ego a Deo exivi. |