1 John 4:15
If any man confesses that "Jesus is the Son of God." God is abiding in that man, and he in God.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
In Context
14and we have beheld and do testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
Cross References
Luke 12:8"And I tell you that whoever confesses me before men, the Son of man will confess him before the angels of God;
Romans 10:9Confess with your mouth "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God actually raised him from the dead, and you will be saved.
1 John 3:24He who keeps his commandments is abiding in Him, and Christ in him. By this we know that Christ is abiding in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.
1 John 4:12No man has ever gazed on God; but if we love one another, God ever abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.
1 John 5:5And who it the one that is overcoming the world if not the man who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
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 →