1 John 4:12
No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
11Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
13By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
Cross References
Exodus 33:20He said, “You cannot see my face, for man may not see me and live.”
John 1:18No one has seen God at any time. The only born Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, has declared him.
1 Timothy 1:17Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Hebrews 11:27By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
1 John 3:24He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
1 John 4:17In this, love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so we 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 →