1 John 4:12 “No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in u…”

1 John 4:12

No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

World English Bible

No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

American Standard Version

No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:

Geneva Bible 1599

No man hath seene God at any time. If we loue one another, God dwelleth in vs, and his loue is perfect in vs.

Darby Translation

No one has seen God at any time: if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.

Young's Literal Translation

God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;

Bible in Basic English

No man has ever seen God: if we have love for one another, God is in us and his love is made complete in us:

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Cross references

“seen”

John 1:18 1 Timothy 6:16 1 John 4:20 Exodus 33:20 Genesis 32:30 Numbers 12:8

John 1:18 · BSB

No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.

1 Timothy 6:16 · BSB

He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.

1 John 4:20 · BSB

If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

Exodus 33:20 · BSB

But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”

Genesis 32:30 · BSB

So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”

Numbers 12:8 · BSB

I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”

“love one”

1 John 3:24 1 John 4:6

1 John 3:24 · BSB

Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.

1 John 4:6 · BSB

We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.

“and his”

1 John 2:5 1 Corinthians 13:13 1 John 4:17 1 John 4:18

1 John 2:5 · BSB

But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:

1 Corinthians 13:13 · BSB

And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.

1 John 4:17 · BSB

In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.

1 John 4:18 · BSB

There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

13By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.

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