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1 John 4:16
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14 And awe have seen and testify that bthe Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.  
15 aWhoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.  
16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and ahe who abides in love abides in God, and God bin him.  

The Consummation of Love

17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that awe may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.  
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.
19 aWe love1 Him because He first loved us.  

Obedience by Faith

20 aIf someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen,1 how can he love God bwhom he has not seen?  
Verse Comparison: 1 John 4:16

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
And we know (understand, recognize, are conscious of, by observation and by experience) and believe (adhere to and put faith in and rely on) the love God cherishes for us. God is love, and he who dwells {and} continues in love dwells {and} continues in God, and God dwells {and} continues in him.

Contemporary English Version
and are sure that God loves us. God is love. If we keep on loving others, we will stay one in our hearts with God, and he will stay one with us.

Darby English Version
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.

Good News Bible
And we ourselves know and believe the love which God has for us. God is love, and those who live in love live in union with God and God lives in union with them.

International Standard Version
We have come to know and believe in the love that God has for us. God is love, and the person who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

New International Version
And 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.

New King James Version
And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us God constitutes love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

Young's Literal Translation
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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