Passage
As the father hath loued me, so haue I loued you: continue in that my loue.
John 15:9 (GNV)
Nearby Context
John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my wordes abide in you, aske what ye wil, and it shalbe done to you.
John 15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye beare much fruite, and be made my disciples.
John 15:9 As the father hath loued me, so haue I loued you: continue in that my loue.
John 15:10 If ye shall keepe my commandements, ye shall abide in my loue, as I haue kept my Fathers commandements, and abide in his loue.
John 15:11 These things haue I spoken vnto you, that my ioy might remaine in you, and that your ioy might be full.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "father", "hath", "loued", "haue", and "continue". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "father" and "hath", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 8's "Herein is my Father glorified that ye..." into verse 10's "If ye shall keepe my commandements ye...", so "father" and "hath" 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 "hath" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.