1 John 4:16

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And we have known and have believed the love that God has in us. God is love, and the one remaining in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

Latin

Et nos cognovimus, et credidimus caritati, quam habet Deus in nobis. Deus caritas est: et qui manet in caritate, in Deo manet, et Deus in eo.

Original

Greek

English

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.

Notes

1 John 4:7–21

John explains where a Christian’s love comes from and how it is shown in daily life.

Theme notes and profiles

God’s Covenant Love Loving Others

Related verses

1 John 3:24
Whoever 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.
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1 John 3:1
Behold 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 4:8–10
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Psalm 18:1–3
For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength.
1 John 4:12–13
No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
1 John 3:16
By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
Psalm 31:19
How 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!
1 Corinthians 2:9
Rather, 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.”
John 6:69
We believe and know that You are the Holy One of God.”
Isaiah 64:4
From 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.

Glossary

First Letter of John Love Son of God

Topics

Commandments: Other Apostles: Precepts of, Explicitly Stated or Implied in Didactic Epistles God in the New Testament God is Declared to Be: Love God is Love God Loves Me God: Access To God: Love of God's Love God's Love for Us How to Make Peace Lack of Love Love of Man for God Loving your Neighbor Righteousness: Fruits of Self Love The Love of God: Manifested Towards: His Saints The Love of God: Saints Know and Believe Unconditional Love Who God Is

1 John 4:16

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