1 John 4:13

Hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, that he has given to us of his Spirit.

Darby Translation

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 abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.

14And *we* have seen, and testify, that the Father has sent the Son [as] Saviour of the world.

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Cross References

John 14:20In that day ye shall know that I [am] in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

1 Corinthians 2:12But *we* have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which [is] of God, that we may know the things which have been freely given to us of God:

1 Corinthians 6:19Do ye not know that your body is [the] temple of the Holy Spirit which [is] in you, which ye have of God; and ye are not your own?

Ephesians 2:20being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner-stone,

1 John 4:15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides 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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