1 John 4:16

And we know, and have believed the love that God has in us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

In Context

15Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

17By this love has been fully perfected with us, so that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because just as that man is, we also are in this world.

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Cross References

Psalms 18:1I love thee, O LORD, my strength.

Psalms 36:7How precious is thy loving kindness, O God, and the sons of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings.

John 6:69And we have believed and know that thou are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

1 John 3:1Behold what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we may be called children of God. Because of this the world does not know you, because it did not know him.

1 John 3:24And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, from the Spirit that he gave us.

1 John 4:12No man has ever seen God. If we love each other, God abides in us, and his love is in us, having been fully perfected.

Matthew Henry on 1 John 4:15-17

The Divine Love. ( a. d. 80.) 14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. 15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. 16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. Since faith in Christ works love to God, and love to God must kindle love to the brethren, the apostle here confirms the prime article of the Christian faith as… Read the whole commentary →

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