1 John 4:16 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹⁶ And we have come to know and believe the love which God has in us. God is love, and he that 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

Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

John 9:3

Jesus answered, "Neither this [man] nor his parents sinned, but so that the works of God should be manifest in him.

1 Corinthians 2:9

But as it is written: "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for those who love Him."

1 John 3:1

Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! On account of this the world does not know you, because it did not know Him.

1 John 3:16

By this we have come to know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives on behalf of our brothers.

1 John 3:24

And the [one] who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, from the Spirit whom He gave us.

1 John 4:7

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