Love Comes from God

1 John 4:15

In 9 translations

BSB: If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
KJV: Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
WEB: Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
ASV: Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.
LSV: whoever may confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God;
YLT: whoever may confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God in him doth remain, and he in God;
DBY: Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.ElohimElohimElohim
DRC: Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.
GNV: Whosoeuer confesseth that Iesus is the Sone of God, in him dwelleth God, and he in God.

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Where the editions differ

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NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort read ἐὰν (“maybe”); Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἂν (“maybe”).
In STEPBible’s comparison, Westcott–Hort include Χριστός (“Christ”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.

SBLGNT apparatus (2)

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SBLGNT: ἐὰν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐὰν; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read ἂν.
SBLGNT: Ἰησοῦς. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read Ἰησοῦς; Westcott and Hort (1881) add Χριστός.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: ὃς ἐὰν ὁμολογήσῃ ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ, ὁ θεὸς ἐν αὐτῷ μένει καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν τῷ θεῷ.
RP2018: Ὃς ἂν ὁμολογήσῃ ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστὶν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ, ὁ θεὸς ἐν αὐτῷ μένει, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν τῷ θεῷ.
TR-Boyd: Ὃς ἂν ὁμολογήσῃ ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστὶν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὁ Θεὸς ἐν αὐτῷ μένει, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν τῷ Θεῷ.
SCR1894: ος αν ομολογηση οτι ιησους εστιν ο υιος του θεου ο θεος εν αυτω μενει και αυτος εν τω θεω

Who and where

👤 God 👤 Jesus Christ

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Dwell Confession Confessing Christ Righteousness Commandments John, the Epistles of Church God

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Cross-references most cited first

Romans 10:9that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
Matthew 10:32Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.
1 John 5:5Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
1 John 3:24Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.
1 John 4:2By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
Philippians 2:11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
1 John 4:12No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
1 John 5:1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.
Luke 12:8I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.
2 John 1:7For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.

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