John 16:26 (GNV)

Passage

At that day shall ye aske in my Name, and I say not vnto you, that I will pray vnto the Father for you:

Nearby Context

John 16:24 Hitherto haue ye asked nothing in my Name: aske, and ye shall receiue, that your ioye may be full.

John 16:25 These things haue I spoken vnto you in parables: but the time will come, when I shall no more speake to you in parables: but I shall shew you plainely of the Father.

John 16:26 At that day shall ye aske in my Name, and I say not vnto you, that I will pray vnto the Father for you:

John 16:27 For the Father himselfe loueth you, because ye haue loued me, and haue beleeued that I came out from God.

John 16:28 I am come out from the Father, and came into the worlde: againe I leaue the worlde, and goe to the Father.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "aske", "name", "vnto", "pray", and "father". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "aske", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "These things haue I spoken vnto you..." into verse 27's "For the Father himselfe loueth you because...", so "shall" and "aske" 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 "shall" and "aske" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.