Cross references
1 John 4:16
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.
1 John 4:16 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 11 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 John 3:24 (27 votes) and Psalm 36:7–9 (26 votes). 36 other verses point back to it. It links with 17 other books, from Deuteronomy 30 to Jude 1.
Which verses does 1 John 4:16 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- 1 John 3:2427 votes
Whoever 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.
- Psalm 36:7–926 votes
How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings! They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights. …
- 1 John 3:124 votes
Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
- Psalm 18:1–318 votes
For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. …
- 1 John 4:8–1018 votes
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him. …
- 1 John 4:12–1317 votes
No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us. By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.
- 1 John 3:1616 votes
By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
- Psalm 31:1915 votes
How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!
- 1 Corinthians 2:914 votes
Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
- John 6:6913 votes
We believe and know that You are the Holy One of God.”
- Isaiah 64:410 votes
Which verses point to 1 John 4:16?
The 10 strongest of 36.