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1 John 4:16
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KJ21
And we have known and believed the love that God hath for us. God is love, and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
ASV
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.
AMP
We have come to know [by personal observation and experience], and have believed [with deep, consistent faith] the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides continually in him.
AMPC
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.
BRG
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.
CSB
And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
CSBA
And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
CEB
We have known and have believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who remain in love remain in God and God remains in them.
CJB
Also we have come to know and trust the love that God has for us. God is love; and those who remain in this love remain united with God, and God remains united with them.
CEV
and are sure 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
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.
DLNT
And we have come-to-know and have believed the love which God has in us. God is love; and the one abiding in the love is abiding in God, and God is abiding in him.
DRA
And 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.
ERV
So we know the love that God has for us, and we trust that love. God is love. Everyone who lives in love lives in God, and God lives in them.
EASY
So we know the kind of love that God has for us. We believe that God has put that love in us. God's nature is love. So, if someone continues to love other people, he is living together with God. And God lives in him.
EHV
We also have come to know and trust the love that God has for us. God is love. Whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him.
ESV
So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
ESVUK
So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
EXB
And so we ·know [have come to know] the love that God has for us, and we ·trust [believe; rely on] that love. God is love. Those who ·live [abide; remain] in love ·live [abide; remain] in God, and God ·lives [abides; remains] in them.
GNV
And we have known, and believed the love that God hath in us, God is love, and he that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God, and God in him.
GW
We have known and believed that God loves us. God is love. Those who live in God’s love live in God, and God lives in them.
GNT
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.
HCSB
And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
ICB
And so we know the love that God has for us, and we trust that love. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God lives in him.
ISV
We have come to know and rely on 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.
PHILLIPS
We ourselves are eye-witnesses able and willing to testify to the fact that the Father did send the Son to save the world. Everyone who acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God lives in him, and he lives in God. So we have come to know and trust the love God has for us. God is love, and the man whose life is lived in love does, in fact, live in God, and God does, in fact, live in him. So our love for him grows more and more, filling us with complete confidence for the day when he shall judge all men—for we realise that our life in this world is actually his life lived in us. Love contains no fear—indeed fully-developed love expels every particle of fear, for fear always contains some of the torture of feeling guilty. This means that the man who lives in fear has not yet had his love perfected.
JUB
And we have known and believed the charity that God has in us. God is charity, and he that abides in charity abides in God, and God in him.
KJV
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.
AKJV
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.
LSB
And we have come to know and have believed the love which God has in us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
LEB
And we have come to know and have believed the love that God has in us. God is love, and the one who resides in love resides in God, and God resides in him.
TLB
We know how much God loves us because we have felt his love and because we believe him when he tells us that he loves us dearly. God is love, and anyone who lives in love is living with God and God is living in him.
MSG
This is how we know we’re living steadily and deeply in him, and he in us: He’s given us life from his life, from his very own Spirit. Also, we’ve seen for ourselves and continue to state openly that the Father sent his Son as Savior of the world. Everyone who confesses that Jesus is God’s Son participates continuously in an intimate relationship with God. We know it so well, we’ve embraced it heart and soul, this love that comes from God.
MEV
And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
MOUNCE
And we have come to know and to trust the love that God has · for us. · God is love, and the one who abides in · love abides in · God, and · God abides in him.
NOG
We have known and believed that God loves us. God is love. Those who live in God’s love live in God, and God lives in them.
NABRE
We have come to know and to believe in the love God has for us. God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him.
NASB
We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
NASB1995
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.
NCB
We have come to know and to believe in the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
NCV
And so we know the love that God has for us, and we trust that love. God is love. Those who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.
NET
And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has in us. God is love, and the one who resides in love resides in God, and God resides in him.
NIRV
So we know that God loves us. We depend on it. God is love. Anyone who leads a life of love is joined to God. And God is joined to them.
NIV
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 them.
NIVUK
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 them.
NKJV
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.
NLV
We have come to know and believe the love God has for us. God is love. If you live in love, you live by the help of God and God lives in you.
NLT
We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.
NMB
And we have known and believed the love that God has to us. God is love, and he who dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.
NRSVA
So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.
NRSVACE
So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.
NRSVCE
So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.
NRSVUE
So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.
NTFE
And we have known and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love; those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.
OJB
And we have had da’as and emunah in the ahavah which Hashem has for us. Hashem is ahavah. The one making his ma’on in ahavah makes his ma’on in Hashem and Hashem in him.
RGT
And we have known and believed the love that God has in us. God is love. And the one who dwells in love, dwells in God, and God in him.
RSV
So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
RSVCE
So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
TLV
So we have come to know and trust in the love that God has for us. God is love. Now whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
VOICE
We have experienced and we have entrusted our lives to the love of God in us. God is love. Anyone who lives faithfully in love also lives faithfully in God, and God lives in him.
WEB
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.
WE
We know and we believe that God loves us. God is love. And anyone who loves others is in God and God is in him.
WYC
And we have known, and believe to the charity, that God hath in us. God is charity, and he that dwelleth in charity, dwelleth in God, and God in him.
YLT
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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