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By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
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The Spirit is Our Proof
How can you be sure you abide in God and He in you? John gives a clear answer: the presence of the Holy Spirit in your life. Commentators unanimously affirm that the Spirit is God's given evidence, the tangible proof that establishes a Christian's consciousness of their fellowship with Him.
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1 John
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Hereby know we that we dwell in Him. Here is another, or an additional evidence of it.
Because He has given us of His Spirit
Hereby know we (εν τουτω γινωσκομεν). The Christian's consciousness of the fact of God dwelling in him is due to the Spirit of God…
19th Century
Anglican
THE PERFECT LOVE THE SUREST TEST (1 John 4:7–21).
Fraternal love the necessary product of the true knowledge of God…
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Baptist
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. Hereby know we that we dwell in …
Reciprocal abiding (2:24; 4:13, 15—God in us, we in God) is the final expression of fellowship with God. It is possible only through the gift of hi…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us That there is a communion between God and us, and a communication …
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The Spirit of God is the Spirit of love. The one who does not love the image of God in His people has no saving knowledge of God. For it is God's n…
