1 John 4:16

And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love; and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

Revised King James 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

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

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

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Cross References

John 6:69And we believe and have come to know that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

1 John 3:1Behold, how great is the love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God; and so we are. The world does not know us, because it did not know him.

1 John 3:24And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.

1 John 4:12No man has seen God at any time, but if we love one another, God abides 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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