Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. New Living Translation No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us. English Standard Version No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. Berean Standard Bible No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us. Berean Literal Bible No one has seen God at any time; if we should love one another, God abides in us, and His love is having been perfected in us. King James Bible No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. New King James Version No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. New American Standard Bible No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us. NASB 1995 No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us. NASB 1977 No one has beheld God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us. Legacy Standard Bible No one has beheld God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us. Amplified Bible No one has seen God at any time. But if we love one another [with unselfish concern], God abides in us, and His love [the love that is His essence abides in us and] is completed and perfected in us. Christian Standard Bible No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us and his love is made complete in us. Holman Christian Standard Bible No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us and His love is perfected in us. American Standard Version No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us: Contemporary English Version No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is truly in our hearts. English Revised Version No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us: GOD'S WORD® Translation No one has ever seen God. If we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us. Good News Translation No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in union with us, and his love is made perfect in us. International Standard Version No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us. Majority Standard Bible No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us. NET Bible No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God resides in us, and his love is perfected in us. New Heart English Bible No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us. Webster's Bible Translation No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. Weymouth New Testament No one has ever yet seen God. If we love one another, God continues in union with us, and His love in all its perfection is in our hearts. World English Bible No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionno one has ever seen God; if we may love one another, God remains in us, and His love is having been perfected in us; Berean Literal Bible No one has seen God at any time; if we should love one another, God abides in us, and His love is having been perfected in us. Young's Literal Translation 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; Smith's Literal Translation None has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is completed in us. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleNo man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abideth in us, and his charity is perfected in us. Catholic Public Domain Version No one has ever seen God. But if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us. New American Bible No one has ever seen God. Yet, if we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is brought to perfection in us. New Revised Standard Version No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleNo man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us; Aramaic Bible in Plain English No person has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is fulfilled in us. NT Translations Anderson New TestamentNo one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and his love is perfected in us. Godbey New Testament No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another with divine love, God abides in us, and his divine love has been made perfect in us. Haweis New Testament No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us. Mace New Testament no man hath ever seen God, if we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and our love for him is then sincere. Weymouth New Testament No one has ever yet seen God. If we love one another, God continues in union with us, and His love in all its perfection is in our hearts. Worrell New Testament No one has ever beheld God. If we love one another, God abideth in us, and His love has been perfected in us. Worsley New Testament No one hath ever seen God: but if we love one another, God dwelleth in us and his love is perfected in us. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Love Comes from God…11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us. 13By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.… Cross References John 1:18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known. 1 John 4:20 If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. John 14:23 Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. 1 John 3:24 Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us. 1 John 2:5 But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him: 1 John 4:16 And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him. 1 John 3:17 If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him? 1 John 2:4 If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:21 And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well. 1 John 3:11 This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another. 1 John 3:14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death. 1 John 3:23 And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us. 1 John 2:10 Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him. 1 John 4:9 This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him. Treasury of Scripture No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and his love is perfected in us. seen. 1 John 4:20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? Genesis 32:30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. Exodus 33:20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. love one. 1 John 4:6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. See on ch. 1 John 3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. and his. 1 John 4:17,18 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world… See on ch. 1 John 2:5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. 1 Corinthians 13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. Jump to Previous Abides Complete Continues Dwelleth Hearts Love Perfected Perfection Time UnionJump to Next Abides Complete Continues Dwelleth Hearts Love Perfected Perfection Time Union1 John 4 1. He warns them not to believe all who boast of the Spirit;7. and exhorts to brotherly love. No one has ever seen God This phrase emphasizes the invisibility and transcendence of God. The Greek word for "seen" is "ἑώρακεν" (heōraken), which implies a physical sight or perception. Throughout Scripture, God is described as spirit (John 4:24), and His full glory is beyond human comprehension (Exodus 33:20). This statement underscores the mystery of God's nature and the limitations of human understanding. Historically, this aligns with the Jewish understanding of God's holiness and separateness, where even Moses could only see God's back (Exodus 33:23). but if we love one another God remains in us and His love is perfected in us Parallel Commentaries ... Greek No oneοὐδεὶς (oudeis) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3762: No one, none, nothing. has ever seen τεθέαται (tetheatai) Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2300: A prolonged form of a primary verb; to look closely at, i.e. perceive; by extension to visit. God; Θεὸν (Theon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. [but] if ἐὰν (ean) Conjunction Strong's 1437: If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc. we love ἀγαπῶμεν (agapōmen) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural Strong's 25: To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love. one another, ἀλλήλους (allēlous) Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 240: One another, each other. Genitive plural from allos reduplicated; one another. God Θεὸς (Theos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. remains μένει (menei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 3306: To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay. in ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. us, ἡμῖν (hēmin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. love ἀγάπη (agapē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 26: From agapao; love, i.e. Affection or benevolence; specially a love-feast. is ἐστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. perfected τετελειωμένη (teteleiōmenē) Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 5048: From teleios; to complete, i.e. accomplish, or consummate. in ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. us. ἡμῖν (hēmin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. Links 1 John 4:12 NIV1 John 4:12 NLT 1 John 4:12 ESV 1 John 4:12 NASB 1 John 4:12 KJV 1 John 4:12 BibleApps.com 1 John 4:12 Biblia Paralela 1 John 4:12 Chinese Bible 1 John 4:12 French Bible 1 John 4:12 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 1 John 4:12 No one has seen God at any (1J iJ 1Jn i jn 1 jo) |
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