1 John 4:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.”
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“And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and we--we have known and believed the love, that God hath in us; God is love, and he who is remaining in the love, in God he doth remain, and God in him.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 John 4:16 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 18:1I love You, O LORD, my strength.
- Psalms 31:19How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!
- Psalms 36:7How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
- Isaiah 64:4From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.
- John 6:69We believe and know that You are the Holy One of God.”
- 1 Corinthians 2:9Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
- 1 John 3:1Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
- 1 John 3:16By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
- 1 John 3:24Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.
- 1 John 4:8Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
- 1 John 4:12No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
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