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.

  2 confession links from 1 scripture reference

  • BC Belgic Confession Article 7 : The Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures to be the Only Rule of Faith
  • 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,

  1 confession link from 1 scripture reference

  • BC Belgic Confession Article 29 : The Marks of the True Church, and Wherein She Differs From the False Church

• 1 John 4:8

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

  1 confession link from 1 scripture reference

  • 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.

  2 confession links from 1 scripture reference

  • 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

• 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.

  2 confession links from 1 scripture reference

  • BC Belgic Confession Article 16 : Eternal Election
  • BC Belgic Confession Article 26 : Christ's Intercession

• 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 4:16

  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 confession link from 1 scripture reference

  • 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.

  1 confession link from 1 scripture reference

  • BC Belgic Confession Article 37 : The Last Judgment

• 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.

  2 confession links from 1 scripture reference

  • 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