1 John 4:16

We have come to know and rely on the love that God has for us. God is love, and the person who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

1 John 3:24

The person who keeps his commandments abides in God, and God abides in him. This is how we can be sure that he remains in us: he has given us his Spirit.

1 John 3:1

See what kind of love the Father has given us: We are called God's children and that is what we are! For this reason the world does not recognize us, because it did not recognize him, either.

1 John 4:8-10

The person who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Psalm 18:1-3

He said: "I love you, Lord, my strength.

Psalm 31:19

How great is your goodness that you have reserved for those who fear you, that you have set in place for those who take refuge in you, in the presence of the children of men.

Psalm 36:7-9

How precious is your gracious love, God! The children of men take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

Isaiah 64:4

Since ancient times no one has heard, and no ear has perceived, and no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.

John 6:69

Besides, we have believed and remain convinced that you are the Holy One of God."

1 Corinthians 2:9

But as it is written, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined the things that God has prepared for those who love him."

1 John 3:16

This is how we have come to know love: the Messiah gave his life for us. We, too, ought to give our lives for our brothers.

1 John 4:12-13

No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

God is love

Bible References

We

1 John 4:9
This is how God's love was revealed among us: God sent his unique Son into the world so that we might live through him.
1 John 3:1
See what kind of love the Father has given us: We are called God's children and that is what we are! For this reason the world does not recognize us, because it did not recognize him, either.
Psalm 18:1
He said: "I love you, Lord, my strength.
Psalm 31:19
How great is your goodness that you have reserved for those who fear you, that you have set in place for those who take refuge in you, in the presence of the children of men.
Psalm 36:7
How precious is your gracious love, God! The children of men take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
Isaiah 64:4
Since ancient times no one has heard, and no ear has perceived, and no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.
1 Corinthians 2:9
But as it is written, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined the things that God has prepared for those who love him."

God is love

1 John 4:8
The person who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

And he

1 John 4:12
No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us.
1 John 3:24
The person who keeps his commandments abides in God, and God abides in him. This is how we can be sure that he remains in us: he has given us his Spirit.

General references

Proverbs 15:17
A vegetarian meal served with love is better than a big, thick steak with a plateful of animosity.
Isaiah 32:18
My people will live in peaceful dwellings, in secure homes and in undisturbed resting places.
1 John 4:13
This is how we know that we abide in him and he in us: he has given us his Spirit.

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