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Selected Verse: 1 John 4:16 - King James

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1Jo 4:16 King James 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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
And we--John and his readers (not as Jo1 4:14, the apostles only).

known and believed--True faith, according to John, is a faith of knowledge and experience: true knowledge is a knowledge of faith [LUECKE].

to us--Greek, "in our case" (see on Jo1 4:9).

dwelleth--Greek, "abideth." Compare with this verse, Jo1 4:7.
 
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7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.