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And he in him (kai autos en autōi). That is “God abides in him” as in 1Jo 4:15. We abide in God and God abides in us through the Holy Spirit (Joh 14:10, Joh 14:17, Joh 14:23; Joh 17:21). “Therefore let God be a home to thee, and be thou the home of God: abide in God, and let God abide in thee” (Bede).
By the Spirit (ek tou pneumatos). It is thus (by the Holy Spirit, first mention in this Epistle and “Holy” not used with “Spirit” in this Epistle or the Apocalypse) that we know that God abides in us.
Which (hou). Ablative case by attraction from accusative ho (object of edōken) to agree with pneumatos as often, though not always. It is a pity that the grammatical gender (which) is retained here in the English instead of “whom,” as it should be.