And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
And we - John and his readers (not as 1 John 4:14, the apostles only).
Known and believed. True faith is a faith of knowledge and experience: true knowledge is a knowledge of faith (Luecke).
To us, х en (G1722) heemin (G2254)] - 'in our case' (note, 1 John 4:9).
Dwelleth - `abideth' (cf. 1 John 4:7).