John 16:27

27 No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

John 16:27 in Other Translations

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

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

27 for the Father himself loves you dearly because you love me and believe that I came from God.

27 I won't need to. Because you've gone out on a limb, committed yourselves to love and trust in me, believing I came directly from the Father, the Father loves you directly.

27 for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from the Father.

27 The Father loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

27 For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.

27 No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me. He also loves you because you have believed that I came from God.

John 16:27 Meaning and Commentary

John 16:27

For the Father himself loveth you
The Father loved them as well, and as much as the Son did, and of himself too, without any merit or motive in them: he loved them from everlasting, and had given proofs of it in time, in the gift of his Son to them, and for them; and in calling them by his grace; and therefore being thus strongly affected to them, they might depend upon a ready and speedy answer from him, as might be best for his glory, and their good.

Because ye have loved me;
not that their love to Christ was the cause of the Father's love to them; but, on the contrary, the Father's love to them was the cause of their love to Christ; and therefore as the cause is known by its effect, they might be assured of the Father's love to them by their love to Christ; for if the Father had not loved them, they had never loved God, nor Christ; but since they did love Christ, it was a clear case the Father loved them: and this their love is joined with faith;

and have believed that I came out from God;
being sent by him, and am no impostor, but the true Messiah that was to come: faith in Christ, and love to him, go together; where the one is, there is the other; faith works by love; they are both the gifts of God's grace, and the fruits and effects of his everlasting love; and those who are possessed of them may be firmly persuaded of their interest therein.

John 16:27 In-Context

25 “Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father.

26 In that day you will ask in my name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.

27 No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

28 I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”

29 Then Jesus’ disciples said, “Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech.

Cross References

• 1. John 14:21,23
• 2. ver 30; S John 13:3