1 John 4:12

No man has ever gazed on God; but if we love one another, God ever abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

In Context

11If God so loved us, beloved, we also ought to love one another.

13By this we come to know that we are abiding in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit;

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Cross References

John 1:18No man has ever seen God; God, only begotten, who is in the bosom of the Father - he has interpreted him.

1 Timothy 1:17Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be glory and honor forever and ever. Amen!

Hebrews 11:27By faith he left Egypt, not because he feared the wrath of the king, but he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.

1 John 3:24He who keeps his commandments is abiding in Him, and Christ in him. By this we know that Christ is abiding in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.

1 John 4:17In this is love made perfect with us, so that we may have cheerful confidence in the Day of Judgment, because we are living in this world as He lives.

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 →

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