1 John 4:13
Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
KJV
ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ μένομεν καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν ἡμῖν, ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος αὐτοῦ δέδωκεν ἡμῖν.
Greek NT
In hoc cognoscimus quoniam in eo manemus, et ipse in nobis : quoniam de Spiritu suo dedit nobis.
Vulgate
hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
ASV
In this we know that we abide in him, and he in us: because he hath given us of his spirit.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γινώσκω
ginosko
verb · 222×
δίδωμι
didomi
verb · 414×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μένω
meno
verb · 117×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πνεῦμα
pneuma
noun · 379×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
24. We then, by way of giving a rude view of the expressions in this passage, have been led into many words, but blessed John will show from his Epistle the sense of the words, concisely and much more perfectly than we can. And he will both disprove the interpretation of these irreligious men, and will teach how we become in God and God in us; and how again we become One in Him…
Affections that are truly spiritual and gracious arise from those influences and operations on the heart which are spiritual, supernatural, and divine. The Spirit of God is given to the true saints to dwell in them as His proper lasting abode, and to influence their hearts as a new supernatural principle of life and action.
Q. What does it mean to eat the crucified body of Christ and to drink his poured-out blood? A. It means to accept with a believing heart the entire suffering and death of Christ and thereby to receive forgiveness of sins and eternal life. But it means more. Through the Holy Spirit, who lives both in Christ and in us, we are united more and more to Christ's blessed body. And so,…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 1:9 — God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
- 1Cor 2:12 — Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
- 1Cor 3:16 — Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
- 1John 2:3 — And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
- 1John 2:20 — But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
- 1John 2:24 — Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
- 1John 3:24 — And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
- 1John 4:4 — Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
- 1John 4:15 — Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
- Eph 2:20 — And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
- Eph 2:22 — In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
- Gal 5:22 — But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
- John 14:20 — At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
- John 16:14 — He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
- John 17:26 — And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
- Rom 8:9 — But ye are not in the flesh, but in 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.
- Rom 8:9 — But ye are not in the flesh, but in 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.
- Rom 8:16 — The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: