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1 John 4:16
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We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.
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1 John 4:16 Meaning and Commentary
1 John 4:16
And we have known and believed
Or have a full assurance and knowledge of, and faith in,
the love that God hath to us;
shown as in many instances, so more especially in sending his Son to be the propitiation for our sins, to be the Saviour of us, and that we might live through him.
God is love; (See Gill on 1 John 4:8):
and he that dwelleth in love;
who dwells by faith upon the love of God as displayed in Christ, and abides in the exercise of love to God and to the saints:
dwelleth in God, and God in him; (See Gill on 1 John 4:13); the last clause, "and God in him", is left out in the Syriac version.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
1 John 4:16 In-Context
14
Furthermore, we have seen with our own eyes and now testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
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All who declare that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God.
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We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.
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And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world.
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Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love.
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