1 John 4:16 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

¹⁶ And 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And we know (understand, recognize, are conscious of, by observation and by experience) and believe (adhere to and put faith in and rely on) the love God cherishes for us. God is love, and he who dwells and continues in love dwells and continues in God, and God dwells and continues in him.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ We have known and have believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who remain in love remain in God and God remains in them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ 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.

1 John 4:16 Cross References

John 6:69

And we have come to believe and to know that yoʋ are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

John 9:3

Jesus answered, “Neither did this man sin nor his parents, but it happened so that the works of God might be revealed in him.

1 Corinthians 2:9

But, as it is written, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no heart has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.”

1 John 3:1

See what great love the Father has lavished upon us, that we should be called children of God! The reason the world does not know you is that it did not know him.

1 John 3:16

By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

1 John 3:24

Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God abides in him. And we know that he abides in us because of the Spirit he has given us.

1 John 4:7

Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.