1 John 4:16

And we have come to know and to trust in the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

Text-Critical English NT

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

15If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

17In this way, love is perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment, because as he is, so also are we in this world.

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Cross References

John 6:69And we have come to believe and to know that yoʋ are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

1 John 3:1See what great love the Father has lavished upon us, that we should be called children of God! The reason the world does not know you is that it did not know him.

1 John 3:24Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God abides in him. And we know that he abides in us because of the Spirit he has given us.

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