1 John 4:16
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.
Treated in 6 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith ·
The Christian Conception of God, or the God of the Bible as Distinguished from the God of Christian Science and the God of Modern Philosophy cites 1 John 4:16
…her passage in the Bible, but they do not mean at all by "God is Love" what 1 John 4:8 or 1 John 4:16 evidently mean when taken in their connection. By "love" the Christian Scientists do not …
- A Short and Easy Method of Prayer ·
Interior and Exterior Actions cites 1 John iv. 16
…this way, is in love, and remains there: “And he that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God” (1 John iv. 16). Then the soul may be said to be in a habitual act, resting even in this action. But its…
- A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life ·
Recommending devotion at twelve o'clock, called in Scripture the sixth hour of the day. This frequency of devotion equally desirable by all orders of people. Universal love is here recommended to be the subject of prayer at this hour. Of intercession, as an act of universal love cites 1 John iv. 16
… founded in this doctrine: "God is love, and he that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God." [1 John iv. 16] Who, therefore, whose heart has any tendency towards God, would not aspire after this Di…
- All Things for Good ·
An exhortation to love God cites 1 John iv. 16
…who is love. Believing and obeying do not make us like God, but by love we grow like Him (1 John iv. 16). Love is a grace which most delights in God, and is most delightful to Him. That discipl…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
June cites 1 John iv. 16
…cquisition.—F. B. Meyer. June 18 We have known and believed the love that God hath to us. 1 John iv. 16. The secret of walking closely with Christ, and working successfully for Him, is to fully…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
October cites 1 John iv. 16
…ken. October 2 God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. 1 John iv. 16. God is love; and it is good, as it is true, to think that every sun-ray that touches the…