1 John 4:16

And we have known and we have believed the divine love which God has in us. God is divine love; and the one abiding in divine love abides in God, and God abides in him.

1902 William Baxter Godbey 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

15Whosoever may confess that Jesus is the Son of God, in him God abides, and he in God.

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

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Cross References

John 6:69we have believed and we know that thou art the Holy One of God.

1 John 3:1Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the children of God; and we are. And on this account the world does not know us, because it did not know him.

1 John 3:24And the one keeping his commandments abides in him, and he in him; and in this we know that he abides in us, he has given us of his Spirit.

1 John 4:12No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another with divine love, God abides in us, and his divine love has been made perfect 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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