Love Comes from God
1 John 4:12
In 9 translations
- BSB
- No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
- KJV
- No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
- WEB
- No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.
- ASV
- No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:
- LSV
- no one has ever seen God; if we may love one another, God remains in us, and His love is having been perfected in us;
- YLT
- God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;
- DBY
- No one has seen God at any time: if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.ElohimElohim
- DRC
- No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abideth in us, and his charity is perfected in us.
- GNV
- No man hath seene God at any time. If we loue one another, God dwelleth in vs, and his loue is perfect in vs.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Word order: Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ἐν elsewhere in this verse.
- Word order: Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ἡμῖν elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: ἐν ἡμῖν τετελειωμένη ἐστιν. Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐν ἡμῖν τετελειωμένη ἐστιν; Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles read τετελειωμένη ἐν ἡμῖν ἐστίν; Robinson–Pierpont read τετελειωμένη ἐστιν ἐν ἡμῖν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- θεὸν οὐδεὶς πώποτε τεθέαται· ἐὰν ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους, ὁ θεὸς ἐν ἡμῖν μένει καὶ ἡ ἀγάπη αὐτοῦ ἐν ἡμῖν τετελειωμένη ἐστιν.
- RP2018
- Θεὸν οὐδεὶς πώποτε τεθέαται· ἐὰν ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους, ὁ θεὸς ἐν ἡμῖν μένει, καὶ ἡ ἀγάπη αὐτοῦ τετελειωμένη ἐστὶν ἐν ἡμῖν.
- TR-Boyd
- Θεὸν οὐδεὶς πώποτε τεθέαται· ἐὰν ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους, ὁ Θεὸς ἐν ἡμῖν μένει, καὶ ἡ ἀγάπη αὐτοῦ τετελειωμένη ἐστὶν ἐν ἡμῖν.
- SCR1894
- θεον ουδεις πωποτε τεθεαται εαν αγαπωμεν αλληλους ο θεος εν ημιν μενει και η αγαπη αυτου τετελειωμενη εστιν εν ημιν
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
DwellBrotherly Kindness; Brotherly LoveLove of God, ThePerfectionRighteousnessCommandmentsFellowshipJohn, the Epistles ofJohannine TheologyLove
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Cross-references most cited first
- John 1:18No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
- 1 John 2:5But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:
- 1 John 4:17–18In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him. There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear…
- 1 Timothy 6:16He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.
- 1 John 4:20If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
- 1 John 3:24Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.
- Exodus 33:20But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”
- 1 John 4:6We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.
- Genesis 32:30So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
- Hebrews 11:27By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.
- Numbers 12:8I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”
- 1 Timothy 1:17Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
- 1 Corinthians 13:13And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.
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