16And 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.


In Context

13 Hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, that he has given to us of his Spirit.

14 And we have seen, and testify, that the Father has sent the Son as Saviour of the world.

15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

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.

17 Herein has love been perfected with us that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, that even as he is, we also are in this world.

18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has torment, and he that fears has not been made perfect in love.

1 John 4:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:16And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:16And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:16And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:16And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:16And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16We 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16and 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:16And we have known and believed the love that God has to us. God is love; and he that dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.