1 JOHN 4:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
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 — the experiential knowledge (ginōskō) and faith (pisteuō) in God's love constitute authentic spirituality. The reiteration of God's love-essence grounds practical ethics. Abiding in love becomes identical with abiding in God.
Church Fathers on 1 John 4:16
“And we have seen, and are witnesses, that God has sent His Son to be the Saviour of the world.” 1 John 4:14 Set your minds at rest, you that are sick: such a Physician has come, and do ye despair? Great were the diseases, incurable were the wounds, desperate was the sickness. Do you note the greatness of your ill, and not note the omnipotence of the Physician? You are desperate, but He is omnipotent; Whose witnesses are these that first were healed, and that announce the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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