1 John 4:12
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
11Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
13By this we know that we abide in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his own Spirit.
Cross References
John 1:18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath thoroughly described him.
1 Timothy 1:17Now to the king eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Hebrews 11:27By faith he forsook Egypt, not intimidated by the wrath of the king: for he boldly persisted, as seeing the invisible Jehovah.
1 John 3:24And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him; and by this we know that he abideth in us, from the Spirit which he hath given us.
1 John 4:17By this is his love towards us perfected, that we might have confidence at 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 →