1 John 4:12
No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is perfected in us.
Unlocked Literal Bible
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In Context
11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also should love one another.
13By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us some of his Spirit.
Cross References
Exodus 33:20But Yahweh said, “You may not see my face, for no one can see me and live.”
John 1:18No one has seen God at any time. The one and only God, who is at the side of the Father, he has made him known.
1 Timothy 1:17Now to the king of the ages, the immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Hebrews 11:27It was by faith that Moses left Egypt. He did not fear the king's anger, for he endured as if he were seeing the one who is invisible.
1 John 3:24The one who keeps God's commandments remains in him, and God remains in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit whom he gave to us.
1 John 4:17Because of this, this love has been made perfect among us, so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because as he is, just 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 →