1 John 4 Verse References

Each verse below shows all confession links that cite it, including citations where the verse appears inside a larger grouped reference.

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• 1 John 4:1

  Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

  4 confession links from 1 scripture reference

  • BC Belgic Confession Article 7: The Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures to be the Only Rule of Faith
  • 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644) Article 43: All Members subject to Discipline
  • 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644) Article 45: The Charge to Preach
  • LBCF London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) Chapter 26, paragraph 15: Of the Church

• 1 John 4:2

  By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,

  2 confession links from 1 scripture reference

  • BC Belgic Confession Article 29: The Marks of the True Church, and Wherein She Differs From the False Church
  • 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644) Article 34: The Church is a Community of Blessings

• 1 John 4:7

  Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

  1 confession link from 1 scripture reference

  • 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644) Article 1: God and His Attributes

• 1 John 4:8

  Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

  2 confession links from 2 scripture references

  • 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644) Article 1: God and His Attributes
  • WCF Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) Chapter 2, paragraph 1: Of God, and of the Holy Trinity

• 1 John 4:9

  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.

  3 confession links from 2 scripture references

  • BC Belgic Confession Article 20: God Hath Manifested His Justice and Mercy in Christ
  • CD Canons of Dordt Head 1, paragraph 2: 1st Head - Of Divine Predestination
  • 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644) Article 1: God and His Attributes

• 1 John 4:10

  And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

  5 confession links from 2 scripture references

  • BC Belgic Confession Article 16: Eternal Election
  • BC Belgic Confession Article 26: Christ's Intercession
  • 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644) Article 1: God and His Attributes
  • 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644) Article 29: Sanctified in Obedience
  • 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644) Article 30: The Joy of the Believers

• 1 John 4:13

  By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.

  2 confession links from 1 scripture reference

  • LBCF London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) Chapter 18, paragraph 3: Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation
  • WCF Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) Chapter 18, paragraph 3: Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation

• 1 John 4:14

  And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.

  1 confession link from 1 scripture reference

  • BC Belgic Confession Article 9: The Proof of the Foregoing Article of the Trinity of Persons in One God

• 1 John 4:15

  If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

  1 confession link from 1 scripture reference

  • 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644) Article 27: United to God

• 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.

  3 confession links from 3 scripture references

  • 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644) Article 27: United to God
  • 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644) Article 29: Sanctified in Obedience
  • WCF Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) Chapter 2, paragraph 1: Of God, and of the Holy Trinity

• 1 John 4:17

  In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.

  2 confession links from 2 scripture references

  • BC Belgic Confession Article 37: The Last Judgment
  • 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644) Article 29: Sanctified in Obedience

• 1 John 4:18

  There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.

  3 confession links from 2 scripture references

  • 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644) Article 29: Sanctified in Obedience
  • LBCF London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) Chapter 21, paragraph 1: Of Christian Liberty and Liberty of Conscience
  • WCF Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) Chapter 20, paragraph 1: Of Christian Liberty, and Liberty of Conscience

• 1 John 4:19

  We love because He first loved us.

  1 confession link from 1 scripture reference

  • 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644) Article 29: Sanctified in Obedience

• 1 John 4:20

  If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

  1 confession link from 1 scripture reference

  • 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644) Article 46: No unthinking Separation from the Church

• 1 John 4:21

  And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.

  1 confession link from 1 scripture reference

  • 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644) Article 46: No unthinking Separation from the Church