Devine Scripture

1 John 4:12

1 John chapter 4 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:

Context

v.11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

v.12This passage

v.13hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Numbers 12:8

    with him will I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the form of Jehovah shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?

  • Exodus 33:20

    And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for man shall not see me and live.

  • Hebrews 11:27

    By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

  • 1 John 2:5

    but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him:

  • 1 John 3:24

    And 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 4:20

    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, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.