1 John 4:16

A Conservative Version

And we know, and have believed the love that God has in us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

Cross References

1 John 3:24

And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, from the Spirit that he gave us.

1 John 3:1

Behold what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we may be called children of God. Because of this the world does not know you, because it did not know him.

1 John 3:16

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

1 Corinthians 2:9

But as it is written, What an eye has not seen, and an ear has not heard, and have not arisen in a heart of a man, are things that God prepared for those who love him.

Psalm 31:19

O how great is thy goodness, which thou have laid up for those who fear thee, which thou have wrought for those who take refuge in thee before the sons of men!

John 6:69

And we have believed and know that thou are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

Isaiah 64:4

For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen, O God, besides thee, [what] he has prepared for him who waits for him.

John 9:3

Jesus answered, Neither this man sinned, nor his parents, but that the works of God might be manifested in him.

1 John 4:7

Beloved, we should love each other. Because love is of God, and every man who loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.