1 John 4:12
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abideth in us, and his charity is perfected in us.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
11My dearest, if God hath so loved us; we also ought to love one another.
13In this we know that we abide in him, and he in us: because he hath given us of his spirit.
Cross References
Exodus 33:20And again he said: Thou canst not see my face: for man shall not see me and live.
John 1:18No man hath seen God at any time: the only begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
1 Timothy 1:17Now to the king of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Hebrews 11:27By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the fierceness of the king: for he endured as seeing him that is invisible.
1 John 3:24And he that keepeth his commandments, abideth in him, and he in him. And in this we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
1 John 4:17In this is the charity of God perfected with us, that we may have confidence in the day of judgment: because as he is, we also are 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 →