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.


In Context

13 By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

14 We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.

15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.

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.

17 In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so are we in this world.

18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16And 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.

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 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.