John 16:25 (YLT)

Passage

`These things in similitudes I have spoken to you, but there cometh an hour when no more in similitudes will I speak to you, but freely of the Father, will tell you.

Nearby Context

John 16:23 and in that day ye will question me nothing; verily, verily, I say to you, as many things as ye may ask of the Father in my name, He will give you;

John 16:24 till now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

John 16:25 `These things in similitudes I have spoken to you, but there cometh an hour when no more in similitudes will I speak to you, but freely of the Father, will tell you.

John 16:26 `In that day, in my name ye will make request, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father for you,

John 16:27 for the Father himself doth love you, because me ye have loved, and ye have believed that I from God came forth;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "things", "similitudes", "spoken", "cometh", "hour", "speak", and "freely". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "things" and "similitudes", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "till now ye did ask nothing in..." into verse 26's "In that day in my name ye...", so "things" and "similitudes" 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 "things" and "similitudes" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.