Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I
For how shall he not be loved for whose sake the only-begotten Son is sent from the Father's bosom, the Word of faith, the faith which is superabundant; the Lord Himself distinctly confessing and saying, "For the Father Himself loveth you, because ye have loved Me; "[11]
JOHN 16:27 @tou/# qeou/ {C} The reading tou/ patro,j, though strongly supported by B C* D L X _al,_ is probably secondary, having arisen by assimilation to evxh/lqon para. tou/ patro,j of the followi...
See John 14:21, John 14:23....
CHAPTER 16 1. Persecutions Predicted. (John 16:1 .) 2. The Comforter and His Demonstration. (John 16:7 .) 3. Sorrow and joy. (John 16:16 .) 4. The Father Himself Loveth You. ...
JOHN 16. There is no break between chs. 15 and 16. Jesus has told them beforehand, so that His death and their suffering may not daunt their faith, as the Baptist was offended by the course of the min...
FOR THE FATHER HIMSELF LOVETH YOU. This declares the reason why it is not needful for him to pray the Father for them, and should be read in immediate connection with the preceding verse. It must be...
"I have spoken these things to you in sayings that are hard to understand; but the hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in sayings that are hard to understand, but I will tell you plainly...
WARNING AND CHALLENGE (John 16:1-4)...
LOVETH. Greek. _phileo._ App-135. BELIEVED. App-150. FROM. from beside. Greek. _para._ App-104. Compare John 8:42; John 13:3; John 17:8....
_himself_ Without My intercession. _loveth you_ On the difference between the two Greek verbs for -love" see on John 11:5. It is the more emotional word that is used here in both cases. At first sight...
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION OF THESE DISCOURSES...
ΠΑΡἈ Τ. ΘΕΟΥ͂ (אActs 3) perhaps comes from John 13:3 : π. τ. πατρός (BC1DLX) seems preferable. 27. ΑΥ̓ΤΌΣ. Without My intercession; John 6:6. We might have expected ἀγαπᾷ for φιλεῖ here (see on John 1...
Ver 23. And in that day you shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say to you, Whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. 24. Hitherto have you asked nothing in my name; ask...
ΠΕΦΙΛΉΚΑΤΕ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΦΙΛΈΩ (G5368). ΠΕΠΙΣΤΕΎΚΑΤΕ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΠΙΣΤΕΎΩ (G4100) верить. _Perf._ указывает на определенный образ жизни (Brown), ΈΞΉΛΘΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΞΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ...
DISCOURSE: 1705 THE OBJECTS OF THE FATHER’S LOVE John 16:27. _The Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came nut from God_. THE atonement and intercession of C...
HIS VEILED SAYINGS WILL SOON BE MADE PLAIN _Text: John 16:25-33_ 25 These things have I spoken unto you in dark sayings: the hour cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in dark sayings, but sh...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 16:23-33 The following is an Analysis of the dosing section of John 16:— In the closing verses of John 16 the Lord Jesus proceeds to set forth even more fully t...
For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. FOR THE FATHER HIMSELF LOVETH YOU, BECAUSE YE HAVE LOVED ME, AND HAVE BELIEVED THAT I CAME...
12 The words of our Lord preserved for us in the four accounts of His life come very far from giving us all that He had to say. They were sadly limited by the incapacity of His hearers. Even His close...
16:27 affection (f-6) affection (f-13) _ Phileo_ . see Notes, chs. 11.3 and 21.15. from (g-23) _ Para_ , with gen.. see Notes, chs. 1.14; 6.45; 15.26....
THE RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION OF CHRIST WILL PROVE THE DISCIPLES' COMFORT IN TIME OF PERSECUTION 1-6. The Persecution of the Apostles predicted. This section repeats many of the ideas of the previous...
Last Words. Temporary defeat in the present will be followed by final victory. 25. In proverbs] RM 'in parables.' Very many of our Lord's discourses were dark and enigmatical to the Apostles, until th...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 16 JESUS CONTINUES TO TEACH ABOUT THE *HOLY SPIRIT 16:1-15 V1 ‘I have told all this to you so that these troubles will...
FOR THE FATHER HIMSELF LOVETH YOU, BECAUSE YE HAVE LOVED ME. — Comp. Notes on John 14:21; John 14:23. The introduction of the thought again here reminds us that, although in the fulness of the higher...
XV. _ LAST WORDS._ "A little while, and ye behold Me no more; and again a little while, and ye shall see Me. Some of His disciples therefore said one to another, What is this that He saith unto us, A...
_Future accessibility of the Father_....
GOOD CHEER FOR HOURS OF TRIAL John 16:25-33 God still speaks to us in proverbs. We could not understand or receive the perfect discovery of Himself. These are but part of His ways, Job 26:14. But in...
Throughout these discourses our Lord was preparing His disciples for all that He saw coming to them. He told them that they would have sorrow resulting from their suffering. Because of this, it was ne...
In that day... I say not to you that I will ask the Father for you, or shall need to ask the Father for you, though I am your Redeemer, you chief Advocate and Mediator, by dying for all the world. ---...
CHAPTER 23 THE VALEDICTORY SERMON John 14-16. Now that the Passover meal has been enjoyed, and that celebrated Mosaic institution totally eclipsed by bloody Calvary, normally verified and abolished f...
1. That the time referred to in John 16:25 ff. is the same with that described in John 16:20-24 is indicated by the fact that the same great characteristic of the period mentioned is here set forth as...
“ _I have spoken these things to you in similitudes; but the hour is coming when I shall no more speak to you in similitudes, but when I shall speak to you openly of the Father._ 26. _In that day ye w...
III. THE LAST FAREWELL: 16:16-33. From these distant prospects which He has just opened to the disciples with respect to their future work (John 15:1 to John 16:15), Jesus returns to the great matter...
All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shew it unto you. (16) A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see...
In John 15:1-27 our Lord substitutes Himself for Israel, as the plant of God, responsible to bear fruit for Him on earth (not merely for man, as such, openly sinful and lost). He takes the place of th...
27._Because you have loved me. _These words remind us that the only bond of our union with God is, to be united to Christ; and we are united to him by a faith which is not reigned, but which springs f...
In chapter 16 a further step is taken in the revelation of this grace. The Holy Ghost is looked upon as already here below. In this chapter the Lord declares that He has set forth all His instruction...
FOR THE FATHER HIMSELF LOVETH YOU,.... The Father loved them as well, and as much as the Son did, and of himself too, without any merit or motive in them: he loved them from everlasting, and had given...
For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. Ver. 27. _For the Father himself loveth you_] We say majesty and love cannot dwell together. _...
_These things_ Though very weighty and important; _have I spoken unto you in proverbs_ In the obscurity of parables, which have appeared dark and mysterious to you; _but the time cometh_, &c. You may...
THE FATHER HIMSELF; of his own accord....
FOR THE FATHER HIMSELF LOVETH YOU, BECAUSE YE HAVE LOVED ME, AND HAVE BELIEVED THAT I CAME OUT FROM GOD....
The prayer that never fails:...
All that the Lord spoke on that memorable night was intended for the preparation of His disciples for what would face them in view of His death, resurrection and return to the glory. There would be st...
23-27 Asking of the Father shows a sense of spiritual wants, and a desire of spiritual blessings, with conviction that they are to be had from God only. Asking in Christ's name, is acknowledging our...
I need not tell you (to beget in you a confidence that your prayers should be heard) that I will pray to the Father for you; for my Father himself hath such a love for you, that you may from thence al...
John 16:27 for G1063 Father G3962 Himself G846 loves G5368 (G5719) you G5209 because G3754 you G5210 loved...
WARNING AND ASSURANCE FOR THE FUTURE (JOHN 16:16). As the time for them to go to Gethsemane approaches Jesus now begins to prepare them for what is to happen there. They are to recognise that what is...
“In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will pray the Father for you, for the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came forth from t...
John 16:26-27. IN THAT DAY YE SHALL ASK IN MY NAME; AND I SAY NOT UNTO YOU, THAT I WILL ASK THE FATHER CONCERNING YOU: FOR THE FATHER HIMSELF LOVETH YOU, BECAUSE YE HAVE LOVED ME, AND HAVE BELIEVED TH...
We have already considered the circumstances under which the two Chapter s upon which we now enter were spoken; and, if we have been correct in the view taken of them, we are not to imagine that the f...
LOVETH (φιλε). Present active indicative of φιλεω, the word for warm and friendly love, here used of God's love for the disciples, while in John 3:16 αγαπαω occurs of God's love for the world.YE HA...
John 16:26 Love the Evidence of Faith I. Our Lord here speaks of His disciples' belief in Him as one of the reasons why the Father loved them. But He puts it second. He puts their belief after their...
John 16:26 The Intercession of Christ I. While Christ's advocacy for us is a valuable part of His mediation and a comfort to timid petitioners, there is no doubt that it is very much exposed to serio...
John 16:16. _A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father._ Remember that the disciples were on the verge of great trouble. Thei...
Our Lord is speaking to his disciples before his departure from them to be crucified, and he says: John 16:16. _A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me...
John 16:1. _These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended._ The temptation is, when Christ is despised and rejected, for our hearts to begin to sink, and for our faith to fail....
John 16:1. _These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended._ That you should not be scandalized when you are put to suffering on any account that you should not dread the offence...
CONTENTS: Warning of persecutions. The promise of the Spirit and His three-fold work. Jesus talks of His death, resurrection and second coming. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, God, disciples. CONCLUS...
John 16:1. _These things have I spoken, that ye should not be offended,_ so as to stumble and shrink back from the cause in which you are engaged. Expulsion from the synagogue was to a jew next to dea...
WHEN THAT DAY COMES. To guard us against the error of thinking we have need of human help, or even angels, he shows us, that if the love the Father has for sons and daughters were the only considerati...
_And in that day ye shall ask Me nothing_ THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHRISTIAN AGE I. COMPLETE REVELATION 1. The subject: the Father; His nature: God; His character: love; His purpose: salvation....
_These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs_ CHRIST IN HEAVEN, THE CHURCH ON EARTH I. CHRIST IN HEAVEN. 1. As the Revealer of the Father. He came to be this here, and did reveal the Father, but...
_I say not unto you that I will pray the Father for you_ NO NEED OF AN INTERCESSOR Our Lord would teach that the Father is ready to receive our petitions directly, because He loveth us. We have her...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 16:25. PROVERBS, or parables.—Such as the vine, the woman in travail, etc. THE TIME COMETH, ETC.—The Spirit after Pentecost would guide them clearly into all tru...
EXPOSITION JOHN 16:1 (c) _The bitter issues of the hostility of the world_. JOHN 16:1 THESE THINGS. What things? Primarily the explanation he had given of the opposition and hatred of the world, a...
Shall we turn to John's gospel, chapter 16. Now, these words in the sixteenth chapter have to be understood with the background as Jesus has been in the upper room with His disciples. He has told them...
Acts 1:9; John 13:1; John 13:3; John 14:28; John 16:16;...
Loveth [φ ι λ ε ι]. As sons, with the love of natural affection. See on 5 20. The same verb in the following clause, of the love of the disciples for Christ. From God. Some editors read, from the Fat...