1 John 4:12 - New International Version (Anglicised)

¹² No-one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete 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 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 32:30

So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, ‘It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared.’

Exodus 33:20

But,’ he said, ‘you cannot see my face, for no-one may see me and live.’

Numbers 12:8

With him I speak face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees 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, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in the closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

1 Corinthians 13:13

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

1 Timothy 1:17

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

1 Timothy 6:16

who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no-one has seen or can see. To him be honour and might for ever. Amen.

Hebrews 11:27

By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible.

1 John 2:5

But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him:

1 John 3:24

The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: we know it by the Spirit he gave us.

1 John 4:16

And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.

1 John 4:20

Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.

1 John 4:6

We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognise the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood.