1 John 4:12 · KJV
“No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.”
— 1 John 4:12
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
1 John 4 — Context
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son {to be} the propitiation for our sins.
11Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
14And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son {to be} the Saviour of the world.
Cross References
John 1:18
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared {him}.
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 Timothy 6:16
Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom {be} honour and power everlasting. Amen.
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. {our love: Gr. love with 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, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
Exodus 33:20
And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
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.
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.