1st John Chapter 4 verse 16 Holy Bible

ASV 1stJohn 4:16

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.
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BBE 1stJohn 4:16

And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.
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DARBY 1stJohn 4:16

And *we* have known and have believed the love which God has to us. God is love, and he that abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
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KJV 1stJohn 4:16

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.
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WBT 1stJohn 4:16


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WEB 1stJohn 4:16

We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
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YLT 1stJohn 4:16

and we -- we have known and believed the love, that God hath in us; God is love, and he who is remaining in the love, in God he doth remain, and God in him.
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1st John 4 : 16 Bible Verse Songs

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - And we have come to know and believe. Both perfects are virtually presents, expressing the present continuance of a condition begun in the past: "We know and continue to believe." Experience and faith are intimately connected; and sometimes the one precedes, sometimes the other (John 6:69). As in verse 9 ἐν ἡμῖν should be rendered in us, not "to us" or "toward us;" and here also the interpretation, "in our case," is certainly possible, and perhaps safer. But the meaning may be that the object of our knowledge and faith is that portion of his own love which God has in us. It is "in us," and is exercised towards him and our brethren, but in reality it is his - it is himself abiding in us. In either case love is the object of our faith. Thus love is not only the true note of the Church (John 13:35), it is also the Church's creed. The second half of the verse restates the main proposition of this section with a view to further development.

Ellicott's Commentary