Parallel Verses
Amplified
Whoever confesses and acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
Holman Bible
Whoever confesses
International Standard Version
God abides in the one who acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, and he abides in God.
A Conservative Version
Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
American Standard Version
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.
An Understandable Version
Whoever proclaims that Jesus is the Son of God, God [continually] lives in that person's heart, and he lives in [fellowship with] God [See 2:23].
Anderson New Testament
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God.
Bible in Basic English
Everyone who says openly that Jesus is the Son of God, has God in him and is in God.
Common New Testament
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
Daniel Mace New Testament
whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
Darby Translation
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
Whoever will confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
Godbey New Testament
Whosoever may confess that Jesus is the Son of God, in him God abides, and he in God.
Goodspeed New Testament
If anyone acknowledges that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, God keeps in union with him and he with God.
John Wesley New Testament
Whosoever shall confess, that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.
Julia Smith Translation
Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
King James 2000
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God resides in him and he in God.
Modern King James verseion
Whoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him and he in God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whosoever confesseth that Jesus is the son of God, in him dwelleth God, and he in God.
Moffatt New Testament
Whoever confesses that 'Jesus is the Son of God,' in him God remains, and he remains in God;
Montgomery New Testament
If any man confesses that "Jesus is the Son of God." God is abiding in that man, and he in God.
NET Bible
If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God resides in him and he in God.
New Heart English Bible
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
Noyes New Testament
Whoever acknowledgeth that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
Sawyer New Testament
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God continues in him and he in God.
The Emphasized Bible
Whosoever shall confess, that, Jesus Christis the Son of God, God, in him, abideth, and, he, in God.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Whoever acknowledges that Jesus Christ is the Son of God--God remains in union with that man, and he with God.
Webster
Whoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
Weymouth New Testament
Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God--God continues in union with him, and he continues in union with God.
Williams New Testament
Whoever owns that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in union with him and he in union with God.
World English Bible
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
Worrell New Testament
Whosoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in Him, and he in God.
Worsley New Testament
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
Youngs Literal Translation
whoever may confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God in him doth remain, and he in God;
Themes
Christ » Compassion of » Confession of
Confessing Christ » The duty of
Topics
Interlinear
Hos
Homologeo
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ἐν
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Usage: 2128
References
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 John 4:15
Prayers for 1 John 4:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Love Revealed
14 We [who were with Him in person] have seen and testify [as eye-witnesses] that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses and acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 We have come to know [by personal observation and experience], and have believed [with deep, consistent faith] the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides continually in him.
Cross References
Romans 10:9
because if you acknowledge and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord [recognizing His power, authority, and majesty as God], and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
1 John 5:5
Who is the one who is victorious and overcomes the world? It is the one who believes and recognizes the fact that Jesus is the Son of God.
1 John 3:24
The one who habitually keeps His commandments [obeying His word and following His precepts, abides and] remains in Him, and He in him. By this we know and have the proof that He [really] abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us [as a gift].
1 John 4:2
By this you know and recognize the Spirit of God: every spirit that acknowledges and confesses [the fact] that Jesus Christ has [actually] come in the flesh [as a man] is from God [God is its source];
1 John 5:1
Everyone who believes [with a deep, abiding trust in the fact] that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) is born of God [that is, reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose], and everyone who loves the Father also loves
Matthew 10:32
Luke 12:8
Philippians 2:11
and that every tongue will confess and openly acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord (sovereign God), to the glory of God the Father.
1 John 4:12
No one has seen God at any time. But if we love one another [with unselfish concern], God abides in us, and His love [the love that is His essence abides in us and] is completed and perfected in us.
2 John 1:7
For many deceivers [heretics, posing as Christians] have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge and confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh (bodily form). This [person, the kind who does this] is the deceiver and the