1 John 4:13
We can know that we are continuing in union with Him and that He is continuing in union with us, by the fact that He has given us a portion of His Spirit.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
In Context
14And we have seen and bear witness that the Father has sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
Cross References
John 14:20At that time you will know that I am in my Father, and that you are in me, and that I am in you.
1 Corinthians 2:12But we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes forth from God, that we may know the blessings that have been so freely given to us by God.
1 Corinthians 6:19Or do you not know that your bodies are a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is within you--the Spirit whom you have from God?
Ephesians 2:20You are a building which has been reared on the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, the cornerstone being Christ Jesus Himself,
1 John 4:15Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God--God continues in union with him, and he continues in union with God.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 4:8-14
Brotherly Love. ( a. d. 80.) 7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one… Read the whole commentary →