1 John 4:16

We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

World English Bible

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 confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.

17In this, love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so we are in this world.

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Cross References

Psalms 18:1I love you, LORD, my strength.

Psalms 36:7How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.

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

1 John 3:1See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.

1 John 3:24He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

1 John 4:12No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been 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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