1 John 4:16
We ourselves have come to know the love God has for us, and we believe it. God is love. Whoever remains in love remains in God, and God remains in them.
Treated in 12 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
…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…
- Communion with God ·
Inferences on communion with the Father in love cites 1 John iv. 16
…it as revealed. “We have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love,” 1 John iv. 16. This is the assurance which, at the very entrance of walking with God, thou mayest have…
- 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…
- The Key Teachings of John Wesley ·
Introduction cites 1 JOHN 4:16
…hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. 1 JOHN 4:16 John Wesley was an Oxford don who spent fifty years on horseback. He was a clergyman of…
- 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…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
June cites 1 John iv. 16
…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
…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…
- The Key Teachings of Augustine of Hippo ·
Believe That You May Understand cites 1 JOHN 4:16
…confesses. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. 1 JOHN 4:16 His image of the Spirit as the bond of love between Father and Son has shaped Western…
- The Key Teachings of Hannah Whitall Smith ·
The Unselfishness of God cites 1 JOHN 4:16
…hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. 1 JOHN 4:16 On the flyleaf of her Bible, Hannah Whitall Smith kept a sentence whose source she did…
- The Key Teachings of Jonathan Edwards ·
Heaven is a World of Love cites 1 JOHN 4:16
…it anywhere. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. 1 JOHN 4:16 Edwards observed that on earth love is real but always impeded. We love, and we are…
- 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…
- A Body of Divinity ·
A Believer's Privilege at Death cites I John 4:16
…yet, if there were not love, it would much eclipse the joys of heaven; but ‘God is love.’ I John 4:16. The saints glorified cannot love so much as they are loved. What is their love to God’s?…