1 John 4:16

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

Cross References

Psalm 31:19

O how abundant is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for those who fear thee, and wrought for those who take refuge in thee, in the sight of the sons of men!

Isaiah 64:4

From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides thee, who works for those who wait for him.

John 6:69

and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.”

John 9:3

Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be made manifest in him.

1 Corinthians 2:9

But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him,”

1 John 3:1

See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

1 John 3:16

By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

1 John 3:24

All who keep his commandments abide in him, and he in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.

1 John 4:7

Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and he who loves is born of God and knows God.