1 John 4:16 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and we -- we have known and believed the love, that God hath in us; God is love, and he who is remaining in the love, in God he doth remain, and God in him.

English ASV

And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.

English Amplified

And we know (understand, recognize, are conscious of, by observation and by experience) and believe (adhere to and put faith in and rely on) the love God cherishes for us. God is love, and he who dwells and continues in love dwells and continues in God, and God dwells and continues in him.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And we know (understand, recognize, are conscious of, by observation and by experience) and believe (adhere to and put faith in and rely on) the love God cherishes for us. God is love, and he who dwells and continues in love dwells and continues in God, and God dwells and continues in him.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And *we* have known and have believed the love which God has to us. God is love, and he that abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

English EASY 2024

So we know the kind of love that God has for us. We believe that God has put that love in us. God's nature is love. So, if someone continues to love other people, he is living together with God. And God lives in him.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

So we know the love that God has for us, and we trust that love. God is love. Everyone who lives in love lives in God, and God lives in them.

So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

And we ourselves know and believe the love which God has for us. God is love, and those who live in love live in union with God and God lives in union with them.

English God's Word - GW 1995

We have known and believed that God loves us. God is love. Those who live in God's love live in God, and God lives in them.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

And we have come to know and have believed the love which God has in us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

We have come to know and to believe in the love God has for us. God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has in us. God is love, and the one who resides in love resides in God, and God resides in him.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

So we know that God loves us. We depend on it. God is love. Anyone who leads a life of love shows that he is joined to God. And God is joined to him.

English NIV

And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.

English NKJ 1982

And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

English NLT

We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in him. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

We have come into an intimate experience with God’s love, and we trust in the love he has for us. God is love! Those who are living in love are living in God, and God lives through them.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

We know how much God loves us because we have felt his love and because we believe him when he tells us that he loves us dearly. God is love, and anyone who lives in love is living with God and God is living in him.

English Tyndale 1537

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love, and he that dwelleth(abideth) in love dwelleth(abideth) in God, and God in him.

1 John 4:16 — Compare Translations