1 John 4:13

By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us some 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. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is perfected in us.

14Also, we have seen and have borne witness that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

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Cross References

John 14:20On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and that you are in me, and that I am in you.

1 Corinthians 2:12But we did not receive the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we might know the things freely given to us by God.

1 Corinthians 6:19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives within you, whom you have from God? Do you not know that you are not your own?

Ephesians 2:20You have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, and Christ Jesus himself was the cornerstone.

1 John 4:15Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him and he 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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