1 John 4:16
And we have known and believed the love (o. agape) that God has to us. God is love; (o. agape) and he that dwells in love (o. agape) dwells in God, and God in him.
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15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God.
Cross References
Psalms 18:1I will love you, O LORD, my strength.
Psalms 36:7How excellent is your loving kindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of your wings.
John 6:69And we believe and are sure that you are that Christ, the Son of the living God.
1 John 3:1Behold, what manner of love (o. agape) the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knows us not, because it knew him not.
1 John 3:24And he that keeps his commandments dwells in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit (o. pneuma) which he has given us.
1 John 4:12No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and his love (o. agape) 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 →