1 John 4:12
No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
13hereby know we that we abide in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
Cross References
Exodus 33:20And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for man shall not see me and live.
John 1:18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
1 Timothy 1:17Now unto the King eternal, incorruptible, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Hebrews 11:27By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
1 John 3:24And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
1 John 4:17Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even 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 →