1 John 4:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ 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.

1 John 4:16 Cross References

Psalm 31:19

Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, Which thou hast wrought for them that put their trust in thee, before the sons of men!

Isaiah 64:4

For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen a God beside thee, which worketh for him that waiteth for him.

John 6:69

And we have believed and know that thou art the Holy One of God.

John 9:3

Jesus answered, Neither did this man sin, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

1 Corinthians 2:9

but as it is written, Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not, And which entered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God prepared for them that love him.

1 John 3:1

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God: and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

1 John 3:16

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

1 John 3:24

And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

1 John 4:7

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.