1 John 4:12

Tree of Life Version

No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God abides in us and His love is made perfect in us.

Cross References

Genesis 32:30

Then Jacob asked and said, “Please tell me Your name.” But He said, “What’s this—you are asking My name?” Then He blessed him there.

Exodus 33:20

But He also said, “You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live.”

Numbers 12:8

I speak with him face to face, plainly and not in riddles. He even looks at the form of Adonai! Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?”

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God; but the one and only God, in the Father’s embrace, has made Him known.

1 Corinthians 13:13

But now these three remain— faith, hope, and love. And the greatest of these is love.

1 Timothy 1:17

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

1 Timothy 6:16

who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or is able to see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.

Hebrews 11:27

By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger—for he persevered as if seeing the One who is invisible.

1 John 2:5

But whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God is truly made perfect. We know that we are in Him by this—

1 John 3:24

The one who keeps His commandments abides in God, and God in him. We know that He abides in us by this—by the Spirit He has given us.

1 John 4:16

So we have come to know and trust in the love that God has for us. God is love. Now 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 the one who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

1 John 4:6

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