1 John 4:16

Yes, we have come to know and believe the love that God has in us. God is love, and he who abides in the love abides in God, and God in him.

Family 35 New Testament

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

17The love is perfected with us for this: that we may have confidence in the Day of judgment, since just as He is so are we in this world.

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Cross References

John 6:69Further, we have come to believe and to know that you are the Christ, the Son of the Living God!”

1 John 3:1Consider how great a love the Father has bestowed on us that we should be called children of God! The world does not acknowledge us for this reason: it did not acknowledge Him.

1 John 3:24He who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. This is how we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit whom He gave us.

1 John 4:12No one has ever looked at God. If we love one another, God remains in us and His love is being 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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