John 16:27 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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;

John 16:28 I came forth from the Father, and have come to the world; again I leave the world, and go on unto the Father.'

John 16:29 His disciples say to him, `Lo, now freely thou dost speak, and no similitude speakest thou;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "father", "himself", "doth", "love", "loved", "believed", "came", and "forth". 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 in my name ye..." 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.