1 John 4:16

And we have known and believed the love which God hath towards us. God is love; and he that abideth in love, abideth in God, and God in him.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.

17By this is his love towards us perfected, that we might have confidence at the day of judgment; because as he is, so are we in this world.

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Cross References

John 6:69And we have believed and known that thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God.

1 John 3:1BEHOLD, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God! therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

1 John 3:24And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him; and by this we know that he abideth in us, from the Spirit which he hath given us.

1 John 4:12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abideth 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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