1 John 4:13

By this we know that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

In Context

12No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and his love is perfected in us.

14And we have seen, and we do testify, that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

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Cross References

John 14:20In that clay you shall know that I am in my Father, arid you in me, and I in you.

1 Corinthians 2:12And we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we may know the things that are freely given to us by God:

1 Corinthians 6:19Know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, which you have from God, and that you are not your own?

Ephesians 2:20having been builded upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone,

1 John 4:15Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God.

Matthew Henry on 1 John 4:8-14

Brotherly Love. ( a. d. 80.) 7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one… Read the whole commentary →

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