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.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
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.
Cross References
Exodus 33:20But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”
John 1:18No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
1 Timothy 1:17Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Hebrews 11:27By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.
1 John 3:24Whoever 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 4:17In 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.
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 →