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We know and have believed the love which God has in us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
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A Confident Knowledge
The phrase "we have known and have believed" signifies more than a vague hope; it's a confident assurance. Commentators describe this as a "double hold" on the truth of God's love—known through experience and held by faith. This certainty is rooted in the work of Christ and is something every believer can possess.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And we have known and believed, etc. We all have assurance that God has loved us, and the fullest belief in the great fact of redemption b…
We know (εγνωκαμεν). Perfect active indicative, "we have come to know and still know" as in Joh 6:9, only there order is changed (…
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
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love that God hath…
The same combination of knowing and believing is found in Peter’s confession of Jesus in Jn 6:69, except that there the order of “believe” and “kno…
16th Century
Protestant
And we have known and believed: it is as if he had said, “We have known by believing,” for such knowledge is not attained except by faith.…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And we have known and believed Or have a full assurance and knowledge of, and faith in,
the love that …
The Father sent the Son; He willed His coming into this world. The apostle attests to this. And whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son o…
