1 John 4:16

And we have believed and known the love, which God hath towards us: for God is love, and whoever abideth in love, abideth in God.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 confesseth Jesus to be the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he abideth in God.

17And hereby is his love perfected with us; that we may have open countenances in the day of judgment; because as he was, so also are we in this world.

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Cross References

John 6:69And we believe, and know, that thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God.

1 John 3:1And ye see, how great is the love of the Father towards us, who hath called us sons, and made us such. Therefore the world knoweth us not, because it likewise knoweth him not.

1 John 3:24And he that keepeth his commandments, is kept by him, and he dwelleth in him: and by this we understand that he abideth in us, from his Spirit which he hath given to us.

1 John 4:12No one hath ever seen God; but 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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