1 John 4:12
No one hath ever seen God; but if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
11My beloved, if God hath so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Cross References
John 1:18No man hath ever seen God; the only begotten God, he who is in the bosom of his Father, he hath declared him.
1 Timothy 1:17And to the king eternal, incorruptible, and invisible, the sole God, be honor and glory for ever and ever! Amen.
Hebrews 11:27By faith, he left Egypt, and was not terrified by the wrath of the king; and he continued to hope, just as if he saw the invisible God.
1 John 3:24And he that keepeth his commandments, is kept by him, and he dwelleth in him: and by this we understand that he abideth in us, from his Spirit which he hath given to us.
1 John 4:17And hereby is his love perfected with us; that we may have open countenances in the day of judgment; because as he was, so also 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 →