1 John 4:16

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

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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 has confessed that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

17In this way, the love of God is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment. For as he is, so also are we, in this world.

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Cross References

Psalms 18:1Unto the end. A Psalm of David.

Psalms 36:7Be subject to the Lord and pray to him. Do not choose to compete with him who prospers in his way, with the man who does injustice.

John 6:69Then Simon Peter answered him: “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

1 John 3:1See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we would be called, and would become, the sons of God. Because of this, the world does not know us, for it did not know him.

1 John 3:24And those who keep his commandments abide in him, and he in them. And we know that he abides in us by this: by the Spirit, whom he has given to us.

1 John 4:12No one has ever seen God. But if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected 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 →

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