Study it in the app“And we have come to know and have believed the love that God has in us. God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.”
Andκαὶweἡμεῖςhave come to knowἐγνώκαμενandκαὶhave believedπεπιστεύκαμενthe loveτὴν ἀγάπηνthatἣνGodὁ θεὸςhasἔχειinἐνus.ἡμῖνGodὉ θεὸςisἐστίνlove,ἀγάπηandκαὶwhoeverὁremainsμένωνinἐνloveτῇ ἀγάπῃremainsμένειinἐνGod,τῷ θεῷandκαὶGodὁ θεὸςremainsμένειinἐνhim.αὐτῷ
know
To be truly acquainted with someone, or grasp something fully.
Where else “egnōkamen” appearstrust
To trust in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pepisteukamen” appearslove
Love that gives itself, seeking the other's good, like God's.
Where else “agapēn” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appearshave
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echei” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearsremain
To stay joined to someone: "abide in me".
Where else “menōn” appears15Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
16 · This verse (above)
17By this, love has been brought to completion with us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment, because as he is, so are we in this world.
1. What it says
What does John ask us to do with every spirit, and why (v. 1-3)?
2. What it means
John says, "God is love" (v. 8, 16). How does the text show that love, and what does it expect of us (v. 9-11)?
3. How I live it
John writes that perfect love casts out fear (v. 18). What fear would you like to hand to God today?
