1 John 4:16

And so we have come to know and believe the love which God has for us. God is love; and whoever lives in love lives in God, and God lives in them.

Open English Bible (US)

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 Christ is the Son of God, God lives in them, and they live in God.

17This is the way love has reached its perfection among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like Christ.

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Cross References

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

Psalms 36:7How precious your love, O God! All may seek shelter in the shadow of your wings.

John 6:69and we have learned to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”

1 John 3:1See what great love the Father has lavished on us: he lets us be called God’s children! For that is what we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it has not learned to know him.

1 John 3:24The person who keeps his commands dwells in God and God dwells in them. And we are sure he lives in us because of the Spirit he has given us.

1 John 4:12No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love reaches perfection within 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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