1 John 4:16
And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
15Everyone who says openly that Jesus is the Son of God, has God in him and is in God.
Cross References
Psalms 18:1To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord, of David, who said the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord made him free from the hand of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul; and he said,
Psalms 36:7\36:6\Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judging is like the great deep; O Lord, you give life to man and beast.
John 6:69And we have faith and are certain that you are the Holy One of God.
1 John 3:1See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.
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:
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 →