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Joh 16:27. Αὐτὸς, Himself) of His own accord.-φιλεῖ ὑμᾶς, loveth you) and therefore hearkens to you.-ὅτι, because) This gives the reason why the Father loves and hears them.-πεφιλήκατε, καὶ πεπιστεύκατε) ye have taken hold of (embraced) Me with love and faith. Love is both posterior and prior to faith. For they mutually sustain each other. Nay, faith itself imbibes love and the embracing of the heavenly gift. In this passage love is put first, in order that these words may the better answer to one another, viz. loveth, ye have loved. Ye believe that I came out from God. These words the Lord puts into the mouth of the disciples, in order that there may be echoed back by them the words, We believe that Thou earnest forth from God, in Joh 16:30.