1 John 4:13
Good News Translation
We are sure that we live in union with God and that he lives in union with us, because he has given us his Spirit.

New Revised Standard Version
By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

Contemporary English Version
God has given us his Spirit. This is how we know we are one with him, just as he is one with us.

New American Bible
This is how we know that we remain in him and he in us, that he has given us of his Spirit.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In this we know that we abide in him, and he in us: because he hath given us of his spirit.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

In this we know that we abide in him, and he in us: because he hath given us of his spirit.

1 John 4:15,16 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God. . . .

See on ch.

1 John 3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And in this we know that he abideth in us by the Spirit which he hath given us.

John 14:20-26 In that day you shall know that I am in my Father: and you in me, and I in you. . . .

Romans 8:9-17 But you are not in the flesh, but the spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. . . .

1 Corinthians 2:12 Now, we have received not the spirit of this world, but the Spirit that is of God: that we may know the things that are given us from God.

1 Corinthians 3:16,17 Know you not that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? . . .

1 Corinthians 6:19 Or know you not that your members are the temple of the Holy Ghost, who is in you, whom you have from God: and you are not your own?

Galatians 5:22-25 But the fruit of the Spirit is, charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, longanimity, . . .

Ephesians 2:20-22 Built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone: . . .

Context
Love Comes from God
12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abideth in us: and his charity is perfected in us. 13In this we know that we abide in him, and he in us: because he hath given us of his spirit. 14And we have seen and do testify that the Father hath sent his Son to be the Saviour of the world.…
Cross References
Romans 8:9
But you are not in the flesh, but the spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

1 John 2:3
And by this we know that we have known him, if we keep his commandments.

1 John 2:5
But he that keepeth his word, in him in very deed the charity of God is perfected. And by this we know that we are in him.

1 John 3:24
And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And in this we know that he abideth in us by the Spirit which he hath given us.

1 John 4:12
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