1 John 4:12
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:
Bible in Basic English
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In Context
11My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.
13And his Spirit which he has given us is the witness that we are in him and he is in us.
Cross References
Exodus 33:20But it is not possible for you to see my face, for no man may see me and still go on living.
John 1:18No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.
1 Timothy 1:17Now to the King eternal, ever-living, unseen, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. So be it.
Hebrews 11:27By faith he went out of Egypt, not being turned from his purpose by fear of the wrath of the king; for he kept on his way, as seeing him who is unseen.
1 John 3:24He who keeps his laws is in God and God is in him. And the Spirit which he gave us is our witness that he is in us.
1 John 4:17In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 4:8-14
Brotherly Love. ( a. d. 80.) 7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one… Read the whole commentary →