1 John 4:13

We know that we live in him, and he lives in us, because he has given us a measure of his Spirit.

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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 ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love reaches perfection within us.

14Moreover, we have seen for ourselves and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

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Cross References

John 14:20At that time you will recognize that I am in union with the Father, and you with me, and I with you.

1 Corinthians 2:12And as for us, it is not the spirit of the world that we have received, but the Spirit that comes from God, so that we may realize the blessings given to us by him.

1 Corinthians 6:19Again, don’t you know that your body is a shrine of the Holy Spirit that is within you – the Spirit which you have from God?

Ephesians 2:20You have been built up on the foundation laid by the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone.

1 John 4:15Whoever acknowledges that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, God lives in them, and they live 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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