1 John 4:12
God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
11Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love;
13in this we know that in Him we do remain, and He in us, because of His Spirit He hath given us.
Cross References
Exodus 33:20He saith also, 'Thou art unable to see My face, for man doth not see Me, and live;'
John 1:18God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father — he did declare.
1 Timothy 1:17and to the King of the ages, the incorruptible, invisible, only wise God, [is] honour and glory — to the ages of the ages! Amen.
Hebrews 11:27by faith he left Egypt behind, not having been afraid of the wrath of the king, for, as seeing the Invisible One — he endured;
1 John 3:24and he who is keeping His commands, in Him he doth remain, and He in him; and in this we know that He doth remain in us, from the Spirit that He gave us.
1 John 4:17In this made perfect hath been the love with us, that boldness we may have in the day of the judgment, because even as He is, we — we also 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 →