1 John 4:12
No one hath ever seen God. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
13Hereby we know that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
Cross References
John 1:18No one hath ever seen God; the only begotten God, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath made him known.
1 Timothy 1:17Now to the King eternal, the imperishable, invisible, only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Hebrews 11:27By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing him who is invisible.
1 John 3:24And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him; and hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit, which he gave us.
1 John 4:17Herein hath love been perfected with us, that we have confidence in the day of judgment; 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 →