1 John 4:15 (WEB)
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
Fathers and councils · 5
Jerome
“But the Evangelist John, who had drunk in wisdom from the breast of Christ, agrees herewith, and says:“Hereby know we that we abide in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.” — editor's note: 1 John iv. 13, 15.
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Tertullian
“But “whosoever shall confess that (Jesus) Christ is the Son of God” (not the Father), “God dwelleth in him, and he in God.”” — editor's note: 1 John iv. 15.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
- Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.3Discourse III
“…while by the true confession we preserve it in us, John again saying, ‘Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him and he in God.’” — editor's note: 1 John iv. 15.
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Augustine of Hippo
““Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him and he in God.”” — editor's note: 1 John iv. 15. [Life; “the Life eternal.”—The Epistle begins and ends with Life, announced and promised (the word occurs thirteen times in the one hundred and…
Read the whole comment“For man has not whence to love God, unless from God; and therefore he says a little after, “Let us love Him, because He first loved us.”” — editor's note: 1 John iv. 7–19
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 31.