John 16:27 (DRB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

John 16:25 These things I have spoken to you in proverbs. The hour cometh when I will no longer speak to you in proverbs, but will shew you plainly of the Father.

John 16:26 In that day, you shall ask in my name: and I say not to you that I will ask the Father for you.

John 16:27 For the Father himself loveth you, because you 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 I go to the Father.

John 16:29 His disciples say to him: Behold, now thou speakest plainly and speakest no proverb.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "father", "himself", "loveth", "loved", "believed", and "came". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "father" and "himself", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 26's "In that day you shall ask in..." into verse 28's "I came forth from the Father and...", so "father" and "himself" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "father" and "himself" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.