1 John 4:16

We have experienced and trusted in the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who live in love, live in God, and God lives in them.

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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

15God lives in everyone who declares that Jesus is the Son of God, and they live in God.

17This is how love is made complete in us so that we can be confident on judgment day: by the fact that we live just like him in this world.

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Cross References

Psalms 18:1I love you, Lord. You are my strength.

Psalms 36:7God, how priceless is your trustworthy love! Everyone can find protection under the shelter of your wings.

John 6:69We trust in you, and we're convinced that you are God's Holy One.”

1 John 3:1Look at the amazing kind of love the Father has for us! This is why we can be called God's children—for that's who we are! The reason why the people of this world don't recognize us as God's children is because they don't recognize him.

1 John 3:24Those who keep his commands continue to live in him, and he lives in them. We know that he lives in us by the Spirit he has given us.

1 John 4:12No one has ever seen God. However, if we love one another then God lives in us, and his love is fulfilled 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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