1 John 4:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

No man has ever seen God: if we have love for one another, God is in us and his love is made complete in us:

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  • John 1:18 : 18 No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.
  • 1 John 2:5 : 5 But in every man who keeps his word, the love of God is made complete. By this we may be certain that we are in him:
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who only has life for ever, living in light to which no man may come near; whom no man has seen or is able to see: to whom be honour and power for ever. So be it.
  • 1 John 4:20 : 20 If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen?
  • 1 John 4:17-18 : 17 In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love: true love has no room for fear, because where fear is, there is pain; and he who is not free from fear is not complete in love.
  • Heb 11:27 : 27 By faith he went out of Egypt, not being turned from his purpose by fear of the wrath of the king; for he kept on his way, as seeing him who is unseen.
  • 1 John 3:24 : 24 He who keeps his laws is in God and God is in him. And the Spirit which he gave us is our witness that he is in us.
  • 1 Cor 13:13 : 13 But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
  • Gen 32:30 : 30 And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.
  • Exod 33:20 : 20 But it is not possible for you to see my face, for no man may see me and still go on living.
  • Num 12:8 : 8 With him I will have talk mouth to mouth, openly and not in dark sayings; and with his eyes he will see the form of the Lord: why then had you no fear of saying evil against my servant Moses?
  • 1 Tim 1:17 : 17 Now to the King eternal, ever-living, unseen, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. So be it.
  • 1 John 4:6 : 6 We are of God: he who has the knowledge of God gives ear to us; he who is not of God does not give ear to us. By this we may see which is the true spirit, and which is the spirit of error.

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  • 1 John 4:15-21
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    15 Everyone who says openly that Jesus is the Son of God, has God in him and is in God.

    16 And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.

    17 In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world.

    18 There is no fear in love: true love has no room for fear, because where fear is, there is pain; and he who is not free from fear is not complete in love.

    19 We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.

    20 If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen?

    21 And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.

  • 1 John 4:6-11
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    6 We are of God: he who has the knowledge of God gives ear to us; he who is not of God does not give ear to us. By this we may see which is the true spirit, and which is the spirit of error.

    7 My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.

    8 He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.

    9 And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.

    10 And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.

    11 My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.

  • 1 John 4:13
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    13 And his Spirit which he has given us is the witness that we are in him and he is in us.

  • 1 John 2:5-6
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    5 But in every man who keeps his word, the love of God is made complete. By this we may be certain that we are in him:

    6 He who says that he is living in him, will do as he did.

  • John 1:18
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    18 No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.

  • 1 John 3:23-24
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    23 And this is his law, that we have faith in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love for one another, even as he said to us.

    24 He who keeps his laws is in God and God is in him. And the Spirit which he gave us is our witness that he is in us.

  • 1 John 3:14-19
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    14 We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.

    15 Anyone who has hate for his brother is a taker of life, and you may be certain that no taker of life has eternal life in him.

    16 In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.

    17 But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him?

    18 My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.

    19 In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,

  • 1 John 3:6
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    6 Anyone who is in him does no sin; anyone who is a sinner has not seen him and has no knowledge of him.

  • 1 John 3:10-11
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    10 In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.

    11 Because this is the word which was given to you from the first, that we are to have love for one another;

  • 1 John 3:1-2
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    1 See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.

    2 My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.

  • 1 John 1:2-3
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    2 (And the life was made clear to us, and we have seen it and are witnessing to it and giving you word of that eternal life which was with the Father and was seen by us);

    3 We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:

  • 1 John 1:5-8
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    5 This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.

    6 If we say we are joined to him, and are walking still in the dark, our words are false and our acts are untrue:

    7 But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.

    8 If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.

  • 1 Cor 8:3
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    3 But if anyone has love for God, God has knowledge of him.

  • John 6:46
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    46 Not that anyone has ever seen the Father; only he who is from God, he has seen the Father.

  • 1 John 5:1-2
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    1 Everyone who has faith that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God: and everyone who has love for the Father has love for his child.

    2 In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws.

  • John 14:23
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    23 Jesus said to him in answer, If anyone has love for me, he will keep my words: and he will be dear to my Father; and we will come to him and make our living-place with him.

  • 1 John 2:15
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    15 Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9 Anyone who goes on and does not keep to the teaching of Christ, has not God: he who keeps to the teaching has the Father and the Son.

  • 3 John 1:11
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    11 My loved one, do not be copying what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: he who does evil has not seen God.

  • John 13:35
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    35 By this it will be clear to all men that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.

  • 1 Pet 1:22
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    22 And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:

  • 1 John 5:20
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    20 And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

  • 1 John 1:10
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    10 If we say that we have no sin, we make him false and his word is not in us.

  • 1 John 2:3
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    3 And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws.

  • John 15:12
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    12 This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.