God, you have hidden away many wonderful things for your followers.\par You do good things in front of everyone for the people who trust you.\par
1 John 4:16 - Easy To Read Version And so we know the love that God has for us. And we trust that love. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And we know (understand, recognize, are conscious of, by observation and by experience) and believe (adhere to and put faith in and rely on) the love God cherishes for us. God is love, and he who dwells and continues in love dwells and continues in God, and God dwells and continues in him. American Standard Version (1901) And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him. Common English Bible We have known and have believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who remain in love remain in God and God remains in them. Catholic Public Domain Version And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love. And he who abides in love, abides in God, and God in him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And we have known, and have believed the charity, which God hath to us. God is charity: and he that abideth in charity, abideth in God, and God in him. |
God, you have hidden away many wonderful things for your followers.\par You do good things in front of everyone for the people who trust you.\par
Your people never really listened to you.\par Your people never really heard\par the things you said.\par No person has ever seen a God like you.\par There is no other God—only you.\par If people are patient\par and wait for you to help them,\par then you will do great things for them.\par
Jesus answered, “It is not this man’s sin or his parents’ sin that made him be blind. This man was born blind so that God could use him to show what great things God can do.
The Father (God) has loved us so much! This shows how much he loved us: We are called children of God. And we really are God’s children. But the people in the world (people who don’t believe) don’t understand that we are God’s children, because they have not known him (God).
This is how we know what real love is: Jesus gave his life for us. So we should give our lives for our brothers and sisters \{in Christ\}.
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.
Dear friends, we should love each other, because love comes from God. The person who loves has become God’s child. And so the person who loves knows God.