1 John 4:16
Also, we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in this love remains in God, and God remains in him.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
15Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him and he in God.
Cross References
Psalms 18:1I love you, Yahweh, my strength. 1
Psalms 36:7How precious is your covenant faithfulness, God! 1 Humanity takes refuge under the shadow of your wings. 1
John 6:69and we have believed and come to know that you are the Holy One of God.” + 6:69 The phrase the Holy One of God is in the best ancient copies. Some later copies add an additional description and they read: the Christ, the Holy One of God .
1 John 3:1See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God, and this is what we are. For this reason, the world does not know us, because it did not know him. + 3:1 Some older versions leave out, and this is what we are .
1 John 3:24The one who keeps God's commandments remains in him, and God remains in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit whom he gave to us.
1 John 4:12No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains 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 →