1 John 4:16

And we have known, and have believed, the love that God has in respect to us. God is love; and he that abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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

17In this has love been perfected with us[4:17], that we have confidence in the day of judgment; because as he is, we also are in this world.

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Cross References

John 6:69And we believe and know, that thou art the Holy One of God.

1 John 3:1BEHOLD what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. For this cause the world knows not us, because it knew not him.

1 John 3:24And he that keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And in this we know that he abides in us, from the Spirit which he gave us.

1 John 4:12No man has ever seen God. If we love one another, God abides in us, and the love of him 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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