1 John 4:13 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

We know that we live in him and he lives in us because he has given us his Spirit.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

ASV:

hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

BBE:

And his Spirit which he has given us is the witness that we are in him and he is in us.

DBY:

Hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, that he has given to us of his Spirit.

ERV:

hereby know we that we abide in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

WEY:

We can know that we are continuing in union with Him and that He is continuing in union with us, by the fact that He has given us a portion of His Spirit.

WBS:

By this we know that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

WEB:

By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

YLT:

in this we know that in Him we do remain, and He in us, because of His Spirit He hath given us.

1 John 4:13 Cross References

XREF:

Romans 8:9 However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.

1 John 3:24 The one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. We know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

4:13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us. We know that God dwells in us by the Spirit given us.
because he hath given us of his Spirit. But we know we have the Spirit by its fruits. The first and greatest of these is love. See Ga 5:22.

MHC:

4:7-13 The Spirit of God is the Spirit of love. He that does not love the image of God in his people, has no saving knowledge of God. For it is God's nature to be kind, and to give happiness. The law of God is love; and all would have been perfectly happy, had all obeyed it. The provision of the gospel, for the forgiveness of sin, and the salvation of sinners, consistently with God's glory and justice, shows that God is love. Mystery and darkness rest upon many things yet. God has so shown himself to be love, that we cannot come short of eternal happiness, unless through unbelief and impenitence, although strict justice would condemn us to hopeless misery, because we break our Creator's laws. None of our words or thoughts can do justice to the free, astonishing love of a holy God towards sinners, who could not profit or harm him, whom he might justly crush in a moment, and whose deserving of his vengeance was shown in the method by which they were saved, though he could by his almighty Word have created other worlds, with more perfect beings, if he had seen fit. Search we the whole universe for love in its most glorious displays? It is to be found in the person and the cross of Christ. Does love exist between God and sinners? Here was the origin, not that we loved God, but that he freely loved us. His love could not be designed to be fruitless upon us, and when its proper end and issue are gained and produced, it may be said to be perfected. So faith is perfected by its works. Thus it will appear that God dwells in us by his new-creating Spirit. A loving Christian is a perfect Christian; set him to any good duty, and he is perfect to it, he is expert at it. Love oils the wheels of his affections, and sets him on that which is helpful to his brethren. A man that goes about a business with ill will, always does it badly. That God dwells in us and we in him, were words too high for mortals to use, had not God put them before us. But how may it be known whether the testimony to this does proceed from the Holy Ghost? Those who are truly persuaded that they are the sons of God, cannot but call him Abba, Father. From love to him, they hate sin, and whatever disagrees with his will, and they have a sound and hearty desire to do his will. Such testimony is the testimony of the Holy Ghost.

CONC:

Abide Continuing Dwell Fact Hereby Portion Spirit Union Witness

Abide Continuing Dwell Fact Hereby Live Portion Spirit Union Witness

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