1 John 4:13-21

13 1By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.
14 We have seen and 2testify that the Father has 3sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
15 4Whoever * confesses that 5Jesus is the Son of God, God 6abides in him, and he in God.
16 7We have come to know and have believed the love which God has 8for us. 9God is love, and the one who 10abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
17 By this, 11love is perfected with us, so that we may have 12confidence in 13the day of judgment; because 14as He is, so also are we in this world.
18 There is no fear in love; but 15perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not 16perfected in love.
19 17We love, because He first loved us.
20 18If someone says, "I love God," and 19hates his brother, he is a 20liar; for 21the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, 22cannot * love God whom he has not seen.
21 And 23this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God 24should love his brother also.

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Cross References 24

  • 1. Romans 8:9; 1 John 3:24
  • 2. John 15:27; 1 John 1:2
  • 3. John 3:17; John 4:42; 1 John 2:2
  • 4. 1 John 2:23
  • 5. Romans 10:9; 1 John 3:23; 1 John 4:2; 1 John 5:1, 5
  • 6. 1 John 2:24; 1 John 3:24
  • 7. John 6:69
  • 8. John 9:3; 1 John 4:9
  • 9. 1 John 4:7, 8
  • 10. 1 John 4:12
  • 11. 1 John 2:5; 1 John 4:12
  • 12. 1 John 2:28
  • 13. Matthew 10:15
  • 14. John 17:22; 1 John 2:6; 1 John 3:1, 7, 16
  • 15. Romans 8:15
  • 16. 1 John 4:12
  • 17. 1 John 4:10
  • 18. 1 John 1:6, 8, 10; 1 John 2:4
  • 19. 1 John 2:9, 11
  • 20. 1 John 1:6
  • 21. 1 John 3:17
  • 22. 1 Peter 1:8; 1 John 4:12
  • 23. Leviticus 19:18; Matthew 5:43; Matthew 22:37f; John 13:34
  • 24. 1 John 3:11

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