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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/john/16.htm">New International Version</a> No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. <a href="/nlt/john/16.htm">New Living Translation</a> for the Father himself loves you dearly because you love me and believe that I came from God. <a href="/esv/john/16.htm">English Standard Version</a> for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. <a href="/bsb/john/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God. <a href="/blb/john/16.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from God. <a href="/kjv/john/16.htm">King James Bible</a> For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. <a href="/nkjv/john/16.htm">New King James Version</a> for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from God. <a href="/nasb_/john/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from the Father. <a href="/nasb/john/16.htm">NASB 1995</a> for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from the Father. <a href="/nasb77/john/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a> for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from the Father. <a href="/lsb/john/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from the Father. <a href="/amp/john/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a> for the Father Himself [tenderly] loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from the Father. <a href="/csb/john/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. <a href="/hcsb/john/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God. <a href="/asv/john/16.htm">American Standard Version</a> for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from the Father. <a href="/cev/john/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> God the Father loves you because you love me, and you believe I have come from him. <a href="/erv/john/16.htm">English Revised Version</a> for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from the Father. <a href="/gwt/john/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The Father loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. <a href="/gnt/john/16.htm">Good News Translation</a> for the Father himself loves you. He loves you because you love me and have believed that I came from God. <a href="/isv/john/16.htm">International Standard Version</a> because the Father himself loves you, and because you have loved me and believed that I came from God. <a href="/msb/john/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God. <a href="/net/john/16.htm">NET Bible</a> For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. <a href="/nheb/john/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from God. <a href="/wbt/john/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came from God. <a href="/wey/john/16.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> for the Father Himself holds you dear, because you have held me dear and have believed that I came from the Father's presence. <a href="/web/john/16.htm">World English Bible</a> for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came from God. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> for the Father Himself cherishes you, because you have cherished Me, and you have believed that I came forth from God; <a href="/blb/john/16.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from God. <a href="/ylt/john/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> for the Father himself doth love you, because me ye have loved, and ye have believed that I from God came forth; <a href="/slt/john/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For the Father himself loves you, for ye have loved me, and believed that I came forth from God.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For the Father himself loveth you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. <a href="/cpdv/john/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and because you have believed that I went forth from God. <a href="/nabre/john/16.htm">New American Bible</a> For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have come to believe that I came from God. <a href="/nrsvce/john/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from the Father. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/16.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “For The Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I have come forth from union with God.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/16.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from God. <a href="/godbey/john/16.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved me as a friend, and you have believed that I came out from God.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/john/16.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. <a href="/mace/john/16.htm">Mace New Testament</a> for the father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I had my mission from God. <a href="/wey/john/16.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> for the Father Himself holds you dear, because you have held me dear and have believed that I came from the Father's presence. <a href="/worrell/john/16.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>for the Father Himself loveth you, because ye have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from the Father.<Fr> <a href="/worsley/john/16.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>For the Father himself loveth you; because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came from God: <Fr>and<FR> I <Fr>indeed<FR> came from the Father,<Fr> <a href="/parallel/john/16-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=5905" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/john/16.htm">Ask and You will Receive</a> …26In that day you will ask in My name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf. 27<a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">For</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3962.htm" title="3962: Patēr (N-NMS) -- Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a father.">Father</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autos (PPro-NM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">Himself</a> <a href="/greek/5368.htm" title="5368: philei (V-PIA-3S) -- From philos; to be a friend to (an individual or an object), i.e. Have affection for; specially, to kiss.">loves</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymas (PPro-A2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you,</a> <a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.">because</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymeis (PPro-N2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/5368.htm" title="5368: pephilēkate (V-RIA-2P) -- From philos; to be a friend to (an individual or an object), i.e. Have affection for; specially, to kiss.">have loved</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: eme (PPro-A1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">Me</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/4100.htm" title="4100: pepisteukate (V-RIA-2P) -- From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust.">have believed</a> <a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.">that</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: egō (PPro-N1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">I</a> <a href="/greek/1831.htm" title="1831: exēlthon (V-AIA-1S) -- To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue.">came</a> <a href="/greek/3844.htm" title="3844: para (Prep) -- Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of. ">from</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">God.</a> 28I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/john/14-21.htm">John 14:21</a> Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.” <a href="/john/14-23.htm">John 14:23</a> Jesus replied, “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. <a href="/john/17-23.htm">John 17:23</a> I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me. <a href="/john/17-26.htm">John 17:26</a> And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.” <a href="/romans/5-8.htm">Romans 5:8</a> But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. <a href="/romans/8-39.htm">Romans 8:39</a> neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. <a href="/1_john/4-10.htm">1 John 4:10</a> And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. <a href="/1_john/4-19.htm">1 John 4:19</a> We love because He first loved us. <a href="/ephesians/2-4.htm">Ephesians 2:4-5</a> But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, / made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved! <a href="/ephesians/3-17.htm">Ephesians 3:17-19</a> so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love, / will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth / of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. <a href="/1_john/3-1.htm">1 John 3:1</a> Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. <a href="/galatians/2-20.htm">Galatians 2:20</a> I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. <a href="/2_corinthians/5-14.htm">2 Corinthians 5:14</a> For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died. <a href="/jeremiah/31-3.htm">Jeremiah 31:3</a> The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion. <a href="/deuteronomy/7-9.htm">Deuteronomy 7:9</a> Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.the Father.<a href="/john/14-21.htm">John 14:21,23</a> 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… <a href="/john/17-23.htm">John 17:23,26</a> 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… <a href="/zephaniah/3-17.htm">Zephaniah 3:17</a> The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.because.<a href="/john/8-42.htm">John 8:42</a> 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.<a href="/john/21-15.htm">John 21:15-17</a> 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… <a href="/matthew/10-37.htm">Matthew 10:37</a> 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.and have.<a href="/john/16-30.htm">John 16:30</a> 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.<a href="/john/3-13.htm">John 3:13</a> And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.<a href="/john/7-29.htm">John 7:29</a> But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/11-36.htm">Affection</a> <a href="/john/12-42.htm">Believed</a> <a href="/john/14-23.htm">Dear</a> <a href="/john/16-9.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/john/15-26.htm">Father's</a> <a href="/john/15-26.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/john/16-21.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/john/11-47.htm">Held</a> <a href="/john/12-25.htm">Holds</a> <a href="/john/15-19.htm">Love</a> <a href="/john/14-24.htm">Loves</a> <a href="/john/15-26.htm">Presence</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/21-15.htm">Affection</a> <a href="/john/17-8.htm">Believed</a> <a href="/john/19-26.htm">Dear</a> <a href="/john/16-30.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/acts/1-4.htm">Father's</a> <a href="/john/16-28.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/john/21-13.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/john/19-29.htm">Held</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-4.htm">Holds</a> <a href="/john/17-26.htm">Love</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/8-3.htm">Loves</a> <a href="/john/17-5.htm">Presence</a><div class="vheading2">John 16</div>1. <a href="/john/16-1.htm">Jesus comforts his disciples by the promise of the Holy Spirit, and his ascension;</a> 23. <a href="/john/16-23.htm">assures their prayers made in his name to be acceptable.</a> 33. <a href="/john/16-33.htm">Peace in Jesus, and in the world affliction.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/16.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/16.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>For the Father Himself loves you This phrase emphasizes the direct and personal love of God the Father for believers. In the context of the Gospel of John, this love is not abstract but deeply relational, reflecting the intimate relationship between God and His children. The Father’s love is foundational to the Christian faith, as seen in <a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16</a>, where God’s love for the world is demonstrated through the giving of His Son. This love is also a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies, such as those found in <a href="/jeremiah/31-3.htm">Jeremiah 31:3</a>, where God declares His everlasting love for His people. The use of "Himself" underscores the personal nature of this love, distinguishing it from a mediated or distant affection.because you have loved Me The love for Jesus is a response to the revelation of who He is—the Messiah and the Son of God. This love is not merely emotional but is demonstrated through obedience and commitment to His teachings, as seen in <a href="/john/14-15.htm">John 14:15</a>, "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments." The disciples' love for Jesus is a reflection of their understanding and acceptance of His divine mission. In the cultural context of the time, love was often expressed through loyalty and allegiance, which the disciples showed by following Jesus despite societal and religious opposition.and have believed that I came from God Belief in Jesus' divine origin is central to the Christian faith. This phrase affirms the disciples' recognition of Jesus as the one sent by God, fulfilling the messianic prophecies of the Old Testament, such as <a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm">Isaiah 9:6</a>, which speaks of a child born who will be called "Mighty God." The acknowledgment of Jesus' divine mission is crucial, as it distinguishes true disciples from those who merely see Him as a prophet or teacher. This belief is also a key theme in the Gospel of John, where Jesus' identity and mission are repeatedly affirmed, as in <a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a>, "The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us." The historical context of this belief was radical, as it challenged the prevailing Jewish expectations of the Messiah and the nature of God’s intervention in the world.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_father.htm">The Father</a> Refers to God the Father, the first person of the Trinity, who is the source of divine love and authority. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The Son of God, who is speaking to His disciples, emphasizing the relationship between the Father, Himself, and the believers. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_disciples.htm">The Disciples</a> The immediate audience of Jesus' teaching, representing all believers who love Jesus and believe in His divine origin. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_coming_of_jesus.htm">The Coming of Jesus</a> The event of Jesus coming from God, highlighting His divine mission and incarnation. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_love_of_god.htm">The Love of God</a> The overarching theme of this passage, focusing on the personal and relational love God has for believers.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_divine_love.htm">Understanding Divine Love</a> Recognize that God's love is personal and relational, not just a general concept. It is directed towards those who love and believe in Jesus. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_belief.htm">The Importance of Belief</a> Belief in Jesus as the one sent from God is crucial for experiencing the Father's love. This belief is not just intellectual assent but involves trust and commitment. <a href="/topical/r/reciprocal_love.htm">Reciprocal Love</a> Our love for Jesus is a response to the love initiated by the Father. This reciprocal relationship is foundational to Christian faith. <a href="/topical/a/assurance_of_god's_love.htm">Assurance of God's Love</a> Believers can have confidence in God's love because it is based on their relationship with Jesus, not on their own merits. <a href="/topical/l/living_out_love.htm">Living Out Love</a> As recipients of God's love, believers are called to express this love in their relationships with others, reflecting the love of the Father.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 16</a> <a href="/q/who_is_the_author_of_the_book_of_joel.htm">Is the love of the Father absent in him?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'out_of_egypt'_mean.htm">What does 'Every good and perfect gift is from above' mean?</a> <a href="/q/why_warn_against_loving_the_world.htm">In 1 John 2:15-17, why does the writer warn against loving the world while John 3:16 says God loves the world?</a> <a href="/q/common_bible_question_answers.htm">What are the answers to common Bible questions?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(27) For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me.--Comp. Notes on <a href="/john/14-21.htm" title="He that has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves me: and he that loves me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.">John 14:21</a>; <a href="/john/14-23.htm" title="Jesus answered and said to him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our stayed with him.">John 14:23</a>. The introduction of the thought again here reminds us that, although in the fulness of the higher spiritual life there is communion between the Father and the human spirit, because the Father Himself ever loveth the heart which can receive His love, this power to receive the love of the Father is itself the result of loving the Son, who has revealed Him. Our Lord is leading them to the fuller truths of spiritual communion with God, and even tells them that this will be independent of mediation; but the very words which tell them that it will be independent of mediation, tell them that all depends upon His own mediation and the manifestation of the love of God in His own person.And have believed that I came out from God.--The reading is uncertain. Several of the better MSS. read, ". . . that I came forth from the Father." (Comp. the first words of the next verse and <a href="/john/13-3.htm" title="Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;">John 13:3</a>.) The perfect tenses represent their love and faith as completed, and continuing in the present. It is striking that the order of the words makes faith' follow love. This order may be chosen to mark emphatically the connection between the Father's love for the disciples and their love for the Son; but it also suggests that their convictions were the result of having their hearts opened by love so that they received the truth.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 27. - For the Father himself loveth you (φιλεῖ), with love of a fatherly affection, such as mine to you, because ye have loved me (the perfect preterit, in the sense of the realized past in the present which shall then be), and have believed that I came forth from the side of (παρὰ) the Father. In their belief of this transcendent fact is the hope of the world. It was wrought in them by the strengthening pulses of a deepening love, and to this love God himself responds with a personal tender affection that encourages boundless prayer. The disciple and lover of Jesus, having Jesus in the heart, united to him by living faith, will find in Christ that there is a perpetual pledge of reciprocal love between the Father and himself. Christ will not (ἐρωτᾶν) ask the Father, because his entire position as Mediator establishes a continual appeal, is a perpetual ἔντευξις, a continuous drawing near and appeal to God on our account, a pledge and guarantee of our own fellowship with and access to the Father. Our English word "intercession," though apparently corresponding with the Latin and with the Greek word, does not now represent its original meaning. That meaning is by no means equivalent to the hind of prayer which is here excluded (Trench, 'Syn. N.T.,' § 51.). <a href="/commentaries/john/16-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>For γὰρ (gar) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Father Πατὴρ (Patēr) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3962.htm">Strong's 3962: </a> Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'. Himself αὐτὸς (autos) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. loves φιλεῖ (philei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5368.htm">Strong's 5368: </a> From philos; to be a friend to (an individual or an object), i.e. Have affection for; specially, to kiss. you, ὑμᾶς (hymas) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. because ὅτι (hoti) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. you ὑμεῖς (hymeis) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. have loved πεφιλήκατε (pephilēkate) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5368.htm">Strong's 5368: </a> From philos; to be a friend to (an individual or an object), i.e. Have affection for; specially, to kiss. Me ἐμὲ (eme) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. have believed πεπιστεύκατε (pepisteukate) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust. that ὅτι (hoti) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. I ἐγὼ (egō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. came ἐξῆλθον (exēlthon) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1831.htm">Strong's 1831: </a> To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue. from παρὰ (para) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_3844.htm">Strong's 3844: </a> Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of. God. Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/john/16-27.htm">John 16:27 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/john/16-27.htm">John 16:27 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/john/16-27.htm">John 16:27 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/john/16-27.htm">John 16:27 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/john/16-27.htm">John 16:27 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/john/16-27.htm">John 16:27 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/john/16-27.htm">John 16:27 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/john/16-27.htm">John 16:27 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/john/16-27.htm">John 16:27 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/john/16-27.htm">John 16:27 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/john/16-27.htm">NT Gospels: John 16:27 For the Father himself loves you because (Jhn Jo Jn) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/john/16-26.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 16:26"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 16:26" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/john/16-28.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 16:28"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 16:28" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>