1 John 4:12 - The Scriptures 1998

¹² No one has seen Elohim at any time. If we love one another, Elohim does stay in us, and His love has been perfected in us.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² 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

¹² 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)

¹² 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

¹² 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

¹² No one has ever seen God. But if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.

1 John 4:12 Cross References

Genesis 32:30

And Yaʽ

Exodus 33:20

But He said, “You are unable to see My face, for no man does see Me and live.”

Numbers 12:8

“I speak with him mouth to mouth, and plainly, and not in riddles. And he sees the form of יהוה. So why were you not afraid to speak against My servant Mosheh?”

John 1:18

No one has ever seen Elohim. The only brought-forth Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He did declare.

1 Corinthians 13:13

And now belief, expectation, and love remain – these three. But the greatest of these is love.

1 Timothy 1:17

Now to the Sovereign of the ages, incorruptible, invisible, to Elohim who alone is wise, be respect and esteem forever and ever. Amĕ

1 Timothy 6:16

who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or is able to see, to whom be respect and everlasting might. Amĕ

Hebrews 11:27

By belief, he left Mitsrayim, not fearing the wrath of the sovereign, for he was steadfast, as seeing Him who is invisible.

1 John 2:5

But whoever guards His Word, truly the love of Elohim has been perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.

1 John 3:24

And the one guarding His commands stays in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He stays in us, by the Spirit which He gave us.

1 John 4:16

And we have known and believed the love that Elohim has for us. Elohim is love, and he who stays in love stays in Elohim, and Elohim in him.

1 John 4:20

If someone says, “I love Elohim,” and hates his brother, he is a liar. For the one not loving his brother whom he has seen, how is he able to love Elohim whom he has not seen?

1 John 4:6

We are of Elohim – the one knowing Elohim hears us. He who is not of Elohim does not hear us. By this we know the Spirit of the Truth and the spirit of the delusion.