1 John 4:13

New International Reader's Version

Here’s how we know that we are joined to him and he to us. He has given us his Holy Spirit.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 2:12

What we have received is not the spirit of the world. We have received the Spirit who is from God. The Spirit helps us understand what God has freely given us.

1 Corinthians 6:19

Don’t you know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit? The Spirit is in you, and you have received the Spirit from God. You do not belong to yourselves.

1 John 2:3

We know that we have come to know God if we obey his commands.

1 John 2:5

But if anyone obeys God’s word, then that person truly loves God. Here is how we know we belong to him.

1 John 3:24

The one who obeys God’s commands remains joined to him. And he remains joined to them. Here is how we know that God lives in us. We know it because of the Holy Spirit he gave us.