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

General references

Bible References

We

1 John 4:9
by this was the love of God displayed towards us, in that God sent his only begotten son into the world, that we might live thro' him.
1 John 3:1
Consider what proof the father has given us of his love, in allowing us to be called the sons of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it knew him not.
1 Corinthians 2:9
but, as it is written, "eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entred into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him."

God is love

1 John 4:8
he that has not social affection, does not know God; for God is love.

And he

1 John 4:12
no man hath ever seen God. if we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and our love for him is then sincere.
1 John 3:24
he that observes his commandments, dwelleth in God, and God in him: and hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the spirit which he hath given us.

General references

1 John 4:13
Hereby we know that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his spirit.