And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, said he, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
1 John 4:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us: More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition No man has at any time [yet] seen God. But if we love one another, God abides (lives and remains) in us and His love (that love which is essentially His) is brought to completion (to its full maturity, runs its full course, is perfected) in us! 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: Common English Bible No one has ever seen God. If we love each other, God remains in us and his love is made perfect 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abideth in us, and his charity is perfected in us. |
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, said he, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for man shall not see me and live.
with him will I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the form of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
Now unto the King eternal, incorruptible, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power eternal. Amen.
By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby know we that we are in him:
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.
And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.
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.
We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he who is not of God heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.