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1 John 4:16
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So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides 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
And we have seen and do testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world.
15
God abides in those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God, and they abide in God.
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So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.
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Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of judgment, because as he is, so are we in this world.
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There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.