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1 John 4:16

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.

Webster Bible

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 dwelleth 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 are we in this world.

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Cross References

Psalms 18:1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of 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: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

Psalms 36:7How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

John 6:69And we believe, and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.

1 John 3:1Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

1 John 3:24And he that keepeth his commandments, dwelleth in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.

1 John 4:12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth 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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