1 John 4:16

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.

Cross References

Psalm 31:19

How wonderful are the good things you keep for those who honor you! Everyone knows how good you are, how securely you protect those who trust you.

Isaiah 64:4

No one has ever seen or heard of a God like you, who does such deeds for those who put their hope in him.

John 6:69

And now we believe and know that you are the Holy One who has come from God.”

John 9:3

Jesus answered, “His blindness has nothing to do with his sins or his parents' sins. He is blind so that God's power might be seen at work in him.

1 Corinthians 2:9

However, as the scripture says, “What no one ever saw or heard, what no one ever thought could happen, is the very thing God prepared for those who love him.”

1 John 3:1

See how much the Father has loved us! His love is so great that we are called God's children—and so, in fact, we are. This is why the world does not know us: it has not known God.

1 John 3:16

This is how we know what love is: Christ gave his life for us. We too, then, ought to give our lives for others!

1 John 3:24

Those who obey God's commands live in union with God and God lives in union with them. And because of the Spirit that God has given us we know that God lives in union with us.

1 John 4:7

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Whoever loves is a child of God and knows God.