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.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
15Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
Cross References
Psalms 18:1For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said,I 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 Holy One of God."
1 John 3:1Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world does not know us, because it did not 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 →