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1 John 4:15

Anyone who says, "I believe that Jesus is the Son of God," is a person who lives in God, and God lives in that person.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Commandments;   Confession;   God Continued...;   Righteousness;   Thompson Chain Reference - Christ;   Confessing Christ;   Confession-Denial, Christ;   The Topic Concordance - Confession;   Love;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Confessing Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Confession;   Son of god;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Confess, Confession;   Holy, Holiness;   Jesus Christ, Name and Titles of;   Union with Christ;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Confession;   John, the Letters of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Brotherly Love;   Confession;   John, Epistles of;   Liberty;   Love, Lover, Lovely, Beloved;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Confession (of Christ);   Example;   Immanence ;   John Epistles of;   Sanctify, Sanctification;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Dwell;   John, the Epistles of;   Papyrus;   Text and Manuscripts of the New Testament;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for November 15;   Every Day Light - Devotion for November 28;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God—God remains in him and he in God.
King James Version (1611)
Whosoeuer shall confesse that Iesus is the Sonne of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
King James Version
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
English Standard Version
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
New American Standard Bible
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
New Century Version
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God has God living inside, and that person lives in God.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
Berean Standard Bible
If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
Contemporary English Version
God stays one with everyone who openly says that Jesus is the Son of God. That's how we stay one with God
Complete Jewish Bible
If someone acknowledges that Yeshua is the Son of God, God remains united with him, and he with God.
Darby Translation
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Whosoeuer confesseth that Iesus is the Sone of God, in him dwelleth God, & he in God.
George Lamsa Translation
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
Good News Translation
If we declare that Jesus is the Son of God, we live in union with God and God lives in union with us.
Lexham English Bible
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God resides in him and he in God.
Literal Translation
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
Amplified Bible
Whoever confesses and acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
American Standard Version
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.
Bible in Basic English
Everyone who says openly that Jesus is the Son of God, has God in him and is in God.
Hebrew Names Version
Whoever will confess that Yeshua is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
International Standard Version
God abides in the one who acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, and he abides in God.Romans 10:9; 1 John 5:1,5;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Whosoever confesseth Jeshu that he is the Son of Aloha, in him Aloha abideth, and he abideth in Aloha.
Murdock Translation
Whoever confesseth Jesus to be the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he abideth in God.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Whosoeuer confesseth that Iesus is the sonne of God, in him dwelleth God, and he in God.
English Revised Version
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.
World English Bible
Whoever will confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Whosoever shall confess, that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.
Weymouth's New Testament
Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God--God continues in union with him, and he continues in union with God.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Who euer knowlechith, that Jhesu is the sone of God, God dwellith in him, and he in God.
Update Bible Version
Whoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
Webster's Bible Translation
Whoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
New English Translation
If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God resides in him and he in God.
New King James Version
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
New Living Translation
All who declare that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God.
New Life Bible
The person who tells of Him in front of men and says that Jesus is the Son of God, God is living in that one and that one is living by the help of God.
New Revised Standard
God abides in those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God, and they abide in God.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Whosoever shall confess, that, Jesus Christis the Son of God, God, in him, abideth, and, he, in God.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.
Revised Standard Version
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Whosoever confesseth that Iesus is the sonne of god in him dwelleth god and he in god.
Young's Literal Translation
whoever may confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God in him doth remain, and he in God;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Whosoeuer now confesseth yt Iesus is the sonne of God in him dwelleth God, and he in God:
Mace New Testament (1729)
whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
Simplified Cowboy Version
If we live in the truth that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, we ride for him and he rides with us.

Contextual Overview

14 We have seen that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world, and this is what we tell people now. 15 Anyone who says, "I believe that Jesus is the Son of God," is a person who lives in God, and God lives in that person. 16 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.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

confess: 1 John 4:2, 1 John 5:1, 1 John 5:5, Matthew 10:32, Luke 12:8, Romans 10:9, Philippians 2:11, 2 John 1:7

God dwelleth: 1 John 4:12, 1 John 3:24

Reciprocal: Psalms 31:2 - an house Psalms 91:1 - dwelleth Isaiah 45:17 - Israel Matthew 16:16 - Thou Matthew 16:17 - but Mark 8:29 - Thou John 1:34 - this John 3:21 - that his John 6:56 - dwelleth John 9:35 - Dost John 12:42 - they did not John 14:23 - make John 17:3 - and Jesus John 20:31 - these Acts 8:37 - I believe Acts 9:20 - that Romans 1:3 - his Son Romans 10:10 - and with Romans 14:11 - confess 1 Corinthians 3:16 - the Spirit 2 Corinthians 6:16 - I will dwell 1 John 2:5 - hereby 1 John 2:23 - denieth 1 John 4:13 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 4:24
The punishment for killing Cain was very bad. But the punishment for killing me will be many times worse!"
Leviticus 26:18
"After these things, if you still don't obey me, I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
Leviticus 26:21
"If you still turn against me and refuse to obey me, I will beat you seven times harder! The more you sin, the more you will be punished.
Leviticus 26:24
then I will also turn against you. I—yes, I myself—will punish you seven times for your sins.
Leviticus 26:28
then I will really show my anger! I—yes, I myself—will punish you seven times for your sins.
1 Kings 16:7
That book also has the story of the time the Lord gave the message to Jehu the prophet about Baasha and his family. Baasha did many things the Lord said were wrong, just as Jeroboam and his family had done. This and the fact that Baasha had killed everyone in Jeroboam's family made the Lord very angry.
Psalms 59:11
Don't just kill them, or my people might forget. My Lord and Protector, scatter and defeat them with your strength.
Psalms 79:12
Punish the nations around us! Pay them back seven times for what they did to us. Punish them for insulting you.
Ezekiel 9:4
Then the Lord said to him, "Go through the city of Jerusalem. Put a mark on the forehead of everyone who feels sad and upset about all the terrible things people are doing in this city."
Hosea 1:4
The Lord said to Hosea, "Name him Jezreel, because soon I will punish the family of Jehu for the people he killed at Jezreel Valley. Then I will put an end to the kingdom of the nation of Israel.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God,.... The only begotten of the Father; that he is not a mere man, as the Jews, and Ebion and Cerinthus said, but a divine person, equal with the Father; which contains all that relates to the dignity of his person, and his fitness for his office as a Saviour, and which was the test of faith in those times, and the grand article of belief: not that a bare assent to this had what followed annexed to it; for the devils believed and owned that Jesus was the Son of God; and so might, and did, unregenerate persons, as the centurion at the cross of Christ, who know nothing what communion with God is; but this confession is such as is attended with a believing in Christ from the heart unto righteousness, life, and salvation, and a cheerful obedience to his ordinances and commands, from a principle of love to him, and faith in him, things not to be found in devils and carnal men; see Romans 10:9.

God dwelleth in him, and he in God; Romans 10:9- :; this should encourage to an open and hearty confession of Christ as the Son of God, and Saviour of sinners, and to a public profession of his name, and faith in him, and an holding it fast without wavering.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God - In the true sense, and from the heart. This will always prove that a man is a Christian. But the passage cannot mean that if he merely says so in words, or if he does it insincerely, or without any proper sense of the truth, it will prove that he is a Christian. On the meaning of the sentiment here expressed, see the notes at 1 John 4:2. Compare the notes at Romans 10:10.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 15. Whosoever shall confess — Much stress is laid on this confession, because the false teachers denied the reality of the incarnation; but this confession implied also such a belief in Christ as put them in possession of his pardoning mercy and indwelling Spirit.


 
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