1 John 4:12

The English Standar Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 32:30

So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel,[6] saying, "For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered."

Exodus 33:20

But," he said, "you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live."

Numbers 12:8

With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in riddles, and he beholds the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?"

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God; the only God,[4] who is at the Father's side,[5] he has made him known.

1 Corinthians 13:13

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

1 Timothy 1:17

To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever.[4] Amen.

1 Timothy 6:16

who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

Hebrews 11:27

By faith he left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king, for he endured as seeing him who is invisible.

1 John 2:5

but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may be sure that we are in him:

1 John 3:24

Whoever keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.

1 John 4:16

So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

1 John 4:20

If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot[1] love God whom he has not seen.

1 John 4:6

We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.