John 16:27
For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
Cross-references
In John 16:30, the disciples immediately affirm that they believe Jesus came from God, echoing the condition just stated in v27.
John 3:13 reinforces that Jesus is the one who descended from heaven, grounding the claim that He came from God.
John 21:15-17 exemplifies the love for Jesus that John 16:27 says the Father responds to — Peter's threefold affirmation.
In John 17:26, Jesus prays that the Father's love for Him may be in believers - deepening the theme of the Father's love for those who love Jesus.
In John 17:25, Jesus prays that the disciples know He was sent by God, reinforcing the same theme of divine origin.
In John 17:23, the Father loves believers with the same love He has for Jesus - expanding on the Father's love mentioned here.
John 17:8 explicitly says the disciples know Jesus came from God and was sent, matching the condition in v27.
In John 14:23, the Father loves those who love Jesus and makes His home with them - reinforcing the same connection between love for Jesus and Father's love.
In John 14:21, loving Jesus leads to being loved by the Father - directly parallel to the Father's love for believers who love Jesus here.
John 8:42 echoes the same condition: loving Jesus because he came from God — the very basis for the Father's love in John 16:27.
In John 7:29, Jesus states He comes from God and is sent by Him, directly paralleling the origin claim in v27.
John 13:3 confirms Jesus came from God — the belief required in 16:27. This cross-reference anchors that belief in Jesus' own knowledge.
John 3:31 states Jesus comes from above — the very belief that 16:27 says triggers the Father's love. Strong doctrinal link.
1 Corinthians 16:22 pronounces a curse on those who do not love the Lord — the negative counterpart to the Father's love for those who do.
Ephesians 6:24 blesses all who love Jesus with incorruptible love — directly parallel to the Father's love for such lovers.
1 Peter 1:8 describes loving and believing in Jesus without seeing him — exactly matching the conditions in John 16:27.
1 John 4:19 gives the foundation: we love because He first loved us — underlying the Father's love for those who love Jesus.
Proverbs 8:17 has Wisdom loving those who love her — a direct parallel to the Father loving those who love Jesus. Strong reciprocal love theme.
Romans 8:39 affirms that nothing can separate us from the love of God — the same love mentioned here, now shown as unbreakable.
Galatians 4:4 states God sent His Son, born under the law, directly connecting to Jesus' coming from God.
Romans 8:3 explains God sent His own Son in the flesh, a fuller theological description of the 'came from God' in v27.
1 Corinthians 15:47 contrasts the earthly man with the heavenly Christ, highlighting the divine origin of Jesus.
1 Timothy 1:15 declares Christ Jesus came to save sinners, expanding on the purpose of His coming from God.