And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.
And we have known and believed,.... Or have a full assurance and knowledge of, and faith in, the love that God hath to us; shown as in many instances, so more especially in sending his Son to be the propitiation for our sins, to be the Saviour of us, and that we might live through him.
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. (12) A fourth reason: God is the fountain and wellspring of charity indeed charity itself: therefore whoever abides in it, has God with him.
The apostles saw the Son with their own eyes, His works, His resurrection, His ascent, and they stake their testimony on it. When you confess Jesus as the Son of God, you are confessing the very love of God Himself, and God dwells in you and you in Him. This should compel you to testify as boldly as they did.
AI summary
Commenting on 1 John 4:14-16