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King James Version

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.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Commandments;   Faith;   Fear of God;   God;   God Continued...;   Love;   Righteousness;   Thompson Chain Reference - God's;   Love;   Love-Hatred;   The Topic Concordance - God;   Love;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - God;   Love of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Love;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - God;   Justification;   Love;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Holy, Holiness;   Testimony;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Assurance;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Love;   Holman Bible Dictionary - God;   John, the Letters of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Brotherly Love;   John, Epistles of;   John, Theology of;   Liberty;   Love, Lover, Lovely, Beloved;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Assurance;   Communion (2);   Discipline;   Example;   Faith;   God;   Hating, Hatred;   John Epistles of;   Love;   Perseverance;   Punishment (2);   Righteous, Righteousness;   Sacrifices ;   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Socialism;   Trust;   1910 New Catholic Dictionary - charity;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Atonement;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - John the Baptist;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Brotherly Kindness;   Johannine Theology, the;   John, the Epistles of;   Love;   Text and Manuscripts of the New Testament;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for November 21;   Every Day Light - Devotion for November 28;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us.
King James Version (1611)
And we haue knowen and beleeued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue, and hee that dwelleth in loue, dwelleth in God, and God in him.
English Standard Version
So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
New American Standard Bible
We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
New Century Version
And so we know the love that God has for us, and we trust that love. God is love. Those who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
Contemporary English Version
and are sure that God loves us. God is love. If we keep on loving others, we will stay one in our hearts with God, and he will stay one with us.
Complete Jewish Bible
Also we have come to know and trust the love that God has for us. God is love; and those who remain in this love remain united with God, and God remains united with them.
Darby Translation
And *we* have known and have believed the love which God has to us. God is love, and he that abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
Easy-to-Read Version
So we know the love that God has for us, and we trust that love. God is love. Everyone who lives in love lives in God, and God lives in them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And we haue knowen, & beleeued ye loue that God hath in vs. God is loue, and he that dwelleth in loue, dwelleth in God, & God in him.
George Lamsa Translation
And we have believed and have known the love that God has for us. God is love; and he who dwells in love, abides in God.
Good News Translation
And we ourselves know and believe the love which God has for us. God is love, and those who live in love live in union with God and God lives in union with them.
Lexham English Bible
And we have come to know and have believed the love that God has in us. God is love, and the one who resides in love resides in God, and God resides in him.
Literal Translation
And we have known and have believed the love which God has in us. God is love, and the one abiding in love abides in God, and God in him.
Amplified Bible
We have come to know [by personal observation and experience], and have believed [with deep, consistent faith] the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides continually in him.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.
Hebrew Names Version
We know and have believed the love which God has in us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
International Standard Version
We have come to know and believe in the love that God has for us. God is love, and the person who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.1 John 3:24;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And we have believed and known the love which Aloha hath toward us; for Aloha is Love. And every one who abideth in love in Aloha abideth.
Murdock Translation
And we have believed and known the love, which God hath towards us: for God is love, and whoever abideth in love, abideth in God.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And we haue knowen and beleued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue, and he that dwelleth in loue, dwelleth in God, and God in hym.
English Revised Version
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.
World English Bible
We know and have believed the love which God has in us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And we know and believe the love that God hath to us. God is love, and he that abideth in love, abideth in God, and God in him.
Weymouth's New Testament
And, as for us, we know the love which God has for us, and we confide in it. God is love, and he who continues to love continues in union with God, and God continues in union with him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And we han knowun, and bileuen to the charite, that God hath in vs. God is charite, and he that dwellith in charite, dwellith in God, and God in hym.
Update Bible Version
And we know and have believed the love which God has in us. God is love; and he that abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
New English Translation
And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has in us. God is love, and the one who resides in love resides in God, and God resides in him.
New King James Version
And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
New Living Translation
We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.
New Life Bible
We have come to know and believe the love God has for us. God is love. If you live in love, you live by the help of God and God lives in you.
New Revised Standard
So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, we, have come to understand and to trust the love which, God, hath, in us. God, is, love; and, he that abideth in love, in God, abideth, and, God, in him abideth.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And we have known and have believed the charity which God hath to us. God is charity: and he that abideth in charity abideth in God, and God in him.
Revised Standard Version
So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And we have knowen and beleved the love that god hath to vs. God is love and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in god and god in him.
Young's Literal Translation
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.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and we haue knowne and beleued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue, and he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God, and God in him.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and we have known, and are convinced that God hath loved us. God is love; and he that cultivates social affection, dwelleth in God, and God in him.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Like I've said, we know and believe just how much God loves us.God is love and those who love others ride for his outfit.

Contextual Overview

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.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

we: 1 John 4:9, 1 John 4:10, 1 John 3:1, 1 John 3:16, Psalms 18:1-3, Psalms 31:19, Psalms 36:7-9, Isaiah 64:4, 1 Corinthians 2:9

God is love: 1 John 4:8, 1 John 4:12, 1 John 4:13

and he: 1 John 4:12, 1 John 3:24

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 30:6 - to love the Lord Psalms 31:2 - an house Psalms 90:1 - Lord Psalms 91:1 - dwelleth Proverbs 15:17 - General Isaiah 32:18 - General Matthew 19:17 - there Mark 10:18 - that is John 3:21 - that his John 6:56 - dwelleth John 14:23 - make Romans 8:39 - love 1 Corinthians 3:16 - the Spirit Ephesians 1:4 - love Ephesians 2:22 - an Ephesians 3:17 - Christ Ephesians 4:16 - edifying Philippians 2:1 - if any comfort Colossians 1:4 - faith 1 John 2:5 - hereby 1 John 2:24 - ye also 1 John 4:4 - are 1 John 5:20 - and we

Cross-References

Genesis 3:8
And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
Genesis 4:14
Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Exodus 20:18
And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
2 Kings 13:23
And the Lord was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.
2 Kings 24:20
For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
Job 1:12
And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord .
Job 2:7
So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord , and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
Job 20:17
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
Psalms 5:11
But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
Psalms 68:2
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And we have known and believed,.... Or have a full assurance and knowledge of, and faith in,

the love that God hath to us; shown as in many instances, so more especially in sending his Son to be the propitiation for our sins, to be the Saviour of us, and that we might live through him.

God is love; :-:

and he that dwelleth in love; who dwells by faith upon the love of God as displayed in Christ, and abides in the exercise of love to God and to the saints:

dwelleth in God, and God in him; :-; the last clause, "and God in him", is left out in the Syriac version.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And we have known and believed ... - We all have assurance that God has loved us, and the fullest belief in the great fact of redemption by which he has manifested his love to us.

God is love - Notes, 1 John 4:8. It is not uncommon for John to repeat an important truth. He delights to dwell on such a truth as that which is here expressed; and who should not? What truth is there on which the mind can dwell with more pleasure; what is there that is better fitted to win the heart to holiness; what that will do more to sustain the soul in the sorrows and trials of this life? In our trials; in the darkness which is around us; in the perplexities which meet and embarrass us in regard to the divine administration; in all that seems to us incomprehensible in this world, and in the prospect of the next, let us learn to repeat this declaration of the favored disciple, ““God is love.”” What trials may we not bear, if we feel assured of that! What dark cloud that seems to hang over our way, and to involve all things in gloom, will not be bright, if from the depths of our souls we can always say, “God is love!”

And he that dwelleth in love ... - Religion is all love. God is love; he has loved us; we are to love him; we are to love one another; we are to love the whole world. Heaven is filled with love, and there is nothing else there. The earth is filled with love just as far as religion prevails, and would be entirely if it should prevail everywhere. Love would remove all the corrupt passions, the crimes, the jealousies, the wars on the earth, and would diffuse around the globe the bliss of heaven. If a man, therefore, is actuated by this, he has the spirit of the heavenly world reigning in his soul, and lives in an atmosphere of love.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 16. God is love — See note on 1 John 4:8. He that dwelleth in love-he who is full of love to God and man is full of God, for God is love; and where such love is, there is God, for he is the fountain and maintainer of it.


 
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