1 John 4:16,19 - Compare All Versions
1 John 4:16 NIV (New International Version)
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.
1 John 4:16 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
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.
1 John 4:16 NLT (New Living Translation)
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.
1 John 4:19 NLT (New Living Translation)
We love each other because he loved us first.
1 John 4:16 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
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.
1 John 4:16 KJV (King James Version)
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.
1 John 4:16 NKJV (New King James Version)
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.
1 John 4:13-16 MSG (The Message)
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.
1 John 4:19 MSG (The Message)
We, though, are going to love—love and be loved. First we were loved, now we love. He loved us first.
1 John 4:16 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - 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.
1 John 4:19 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
We love, because He first loved us.
1 John 4:16 AMP (Amplified Bible)
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.
1 John 4:16 NET (New English Translation)
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.