Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
Parallel translations
- KJV Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
- BSB If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
- NKJV Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
- NASB Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
- NLT All who declare that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God.
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- Rom 10:9that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
- Matt 10:32Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven.
- 1 Jn 5:5Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
- 1 Jn 4:2By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,
- 1 Jn 3:24He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
- Phil 2:11and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
- 1 Jn 4:12No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.
- 1 Jn 5:1Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.
- Luke 12:8“I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, him will the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God;
- 2 Jn 1:7For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who don’t confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the Antichrist.
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