No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is at the Father's side, has made him known.
1 John 4:12 - The Text-Critical English New Testament No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is at the Father's side, has made him known.
And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Now to the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has ever seen or is able to see. To him be honor and eternal power. Amen.
By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king, for he endured as though he could see him who is invisible.
But whoever keeps his word, truly in him the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in him:
Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God abides in him. And we know that he abides in us because of the Spirit he has given us.
And 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.
If anyone says, “I love God,” and yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
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.