1 John 4:12

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.

Cross References

Genesis 32:30

Jacob said, “I have seen God face-to-face, and I am still alive”; so he named the place Peniel.

Exodus 33:20

I will not let you see my face, because no one can see me and stay alive,

Numbers 12:8

So I speak to him face-to-face, clearly and not in riddles; he has even seen my form! How dare you speak against my servant Moses?”

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God. The only Son, who is the same as God and is at the Father's side, he has made him known.

1 Corinthians 13:13

Meanwhile these three remain: faith, hope, and love; and the greatest of these is love.

1 Timothy 1:17

To the eternal King, immortal and invisible, the only God—to him be honor and glory forever and ever! Amen.

1 Timothy 6:16

He alone is immortal; he lives in the light that no one can approach. No one has ever seen him; no one can ever see him. To him be honor and eternal power! Amen.

Hebrews 11:27

It was faith that made Moses leave Egypt without being afraid of the king's anger. As though he saw the invisible God, he refused to turn back.

1 John 2:5

But if we obey his word, we are the ones whose love for God has really been made perfect. This is how we can be sure that we are in union with God:

1 John 3:24

Those who obey God's commands live in union with God and God lives in union with them. And because of the Spirit that God has given us we know that God lives in union with us.

1 John 4:16

And we ourselves know and believe the love which God has for us. God is love, and those who live in love live in union with God and God lives in union with them.

1 John 4:20

If we say we love God, but hate others, we are liars. For we cannot love God, whom we have not seen, if we do not love others, whom we have seen.

1 John 4:6

But we belong to God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever does not belong to God does not listen to us. This, then, is how we can tell the difference between the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.