“When a person stands before other people and says he believes in me, then I will say that person belongs to me. I will say this before my Father in heaven.
1 John 4:15 - Easy To Read Version If a person says, “I believe that Jesus is the Son of God,” then God lives in that person. And that person lives in God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Anyone who confesses (acknowledges, owns) that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides (lives, makes His home) in him and he [abides, lives, makes his home] in God. American Standard Version (1901) Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God. Common English Bible If any of us confess that Jesus is God’s Son, God remains in us and we remain in God. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever has confessed that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God. |
“When a person stands before other people and says he believes in me, then I will say that person belongs to me. I will say this before my Father in heaven.
“I tell you, if any person stands before other people and is willing to say that he believes in me, then I {\cf2\super [224]} will say that person belongs to me. I will say this before the angels of God.
If a person eats my body and drinks my blood, then that person lives in me, and I live in that person.
If you openly say, “Jesus is Lord,” and if you believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from death, then you will be saved.
Every person will confess (say), “Jesus Christ is Lord (Master).” When they say this, it will bring glory to God the Father.
If a person does not believe in the Son, then he does not have the Father. But the person who accepts the Son has the Father, too.
Be sure that you continue to follow the teaching that you heard from the beginning. If you continue in that teaching, then you will stay in the Son (Christ) and in the Father (God).
This is what God commands: that we believe in his Son Jesus Christ and that we love each other. This is what he commanded.
The person who obeys God’s commands lives in God. And God lives in that person. How do we know that God lives in us? We know because of the Spirit {\cf2\super [13]} that God gave us.
No person has ever seen God. But if we love each other, then God lives in us. If we love each other, then God’s love has reached its goal—it is made perfect in us.
This is how you can know God’s Spirit. {\cf2\super [15]} One spirit says, “I believe that Jesus is the Christ who came to earth and became a man.” That Spirit is from God.
Greetings from Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James.
And now, dear lady, {\cf2\super [4]} I tell you: We should all love each other. This is not a new command. It is the same command we had from the beginning.