1 John 4:15
Everyone who says openly that Jesus is the Son of God, has God in him and is in God.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
In Context
14And we have seen and give witness that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
Cross References
Luke 12:8And I say to you that to everyone who gives witness to me before men, the Son of man will give witness before the angels of God.
Romans 10:9Because, if you say with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and have faith in your heart that God has made him come back from the dead, you will have salvation:
1 John 3:24He who keeps his laws is in God and God is in him. And the Spirit which he gave us is our witness that he is in us.
1 John 4:12No man has ever seen God: if we have love for one another, God is in us and his love is made complete in us:
1 John 5:5Who is able to overcome the world but the man who has faith that Jesus is the Son of God?
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 →