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.
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of 1 John 4
2 songs meet this passage
Paranoid · Black Sabbath
strains against 1 John 4:16
Scripture insists love is not unreal but grounded in God's nature; the song's flat denial of love's reality stands against that claim rather than reaching toward it.
One · U2
strains against 1 John 4:16-18
The song's 'love' demands crawling and delivers only hurt, a sharp contrast to the self-giving, fear-casting-out love described here.
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Elsewhere in 1 John 4
- 1 John 4:1Your Idol
- 1 John 4:4Greater · American Pie (Full Length Version)
- 1 John 4:7What a Wonderful World
- 1 John 4:7-8Rose Golden (feat. Willow Smith) · Little Lies · Ho Hey · Born to Run
- 1 John 4:10Cortisol
- 1 John 4:18To the Moon · Beautiful Things · Slow It Down · Unstoppable · No Longer Slaves (Live) · Fear Is a Liar · Every Breath You Take · Thriller · Beauty and the Beast · Shape of My Heart · Black Friday
- 1 John 4:18-19Desperado