13 This is how we know(A) that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.(B) 14 And we have seen and testify(C) that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.(D) 15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God,(E) God lives in them and they in God.(F) 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.

God is love.(G) Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.(H)

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13 This is how we know that we remain in Him(A) and He in us: He has given assurance to us from His Spirit.(B) 14 And we have seen and we testify that the Father has sent His Son(C) as the world’s Savior. 15 Whoever confesses[a](D) that Jesus is the Son of God—God remains in him and he in God. 16 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.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 4:15 Or acknowledges