1 John 4:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and His love is perfected in us.

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  • John 1:18 : 18 No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
  • 1 John 2:5 : 5 But whoever keeps his word, truly the love of God is perfected in him: by this we know that we are in him.
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see: to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.
  • 1 John 4:20 : 20 If someone says, 'I love God,' and 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?
  • 1 John 4:17-18 : 17 In this love has been perfected among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as He is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.
  • Heb 11:27 : 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.
  • 1 John 3:24 : 24 And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.
  • 1 Cor 13:13 : 13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
  • Gen 32:30 : 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
  • Exod 33:20 : 20 And he said, You cannot see my face: for no man shall see me, and live.
  • Num 12:8 : 8 'With him I will speak face to face, clearly, and not in dark speeches; and he will see the likeness of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?'
  • 1 Tim 1:17 : 17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
  • 1 John 4:6 : 6 We are from God. He who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

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  • 1 John 4:15-21
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    15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God.

    16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.

    17 In this love has been perfected among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as He is, so are we in this world.

    18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

    19 We love Him because He first loved us.

    20 If someone says, 'I love God,' and 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?

    21 And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.

  • 1 John 4:6-11
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    6 We are from God. He who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

    7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

    8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

    9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, because God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.

    10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

    11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

  • 1 John 4:13
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    13 By this we know that we dwell in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.

  • 1 John 2:5-6
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    5 But whoever keeps his word, truly the love of God is perfected in him: by this we know that we are in him.

    6 He who says he abides in him ought himself also to walk just as he walked.

  • John 1:18
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    18 No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.

  • 1 John 3:23-24
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    23 And this is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

    24 And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.

  • 1 John 3:14-19
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    14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his brother abides in death.

    15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

    16 By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

    17 But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his compassion from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

    18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

    19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

  • 1 John 3:6
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    6 Whoever abides in him does not sin: whoever sins has not seen him, nor known him.

  • 1 John 3:10-11
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    10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.

    11 For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

  • 1 John 3:1-2
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    1 Behold, what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know him.

    2 Beloved, now we are the children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be: but we know that when he appears, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

  • 1 John 1:2-3
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    2 For the life was revealed, and we have seen it, and testify, and show to you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us;

    3 That which we have seen and heard we declare to you, so that you also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

  • 1 John 1:5-8
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    5 This then is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

    6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not practice the truth:

    7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.

    8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

  • 1 Cor 8:3
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    3 But if anyone loves God, he is known by Him.

  • John 6:46
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    46 Not that any man has seen the Father, except he who is from God, he has seen the Father.

  • 1 John 5:1-2
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    1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child born of them.

    2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.

  • John 14:23
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    23 Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone loves me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.

  • 1 John 2:15
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    15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9 Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son.

  • 3 John 1:11
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    11 Beloved, do not follow what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: but he who does evil has not seen God.

  • John 13:35
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    35 By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.

  • 1 Pet 1:22
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    22 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,

  • 1 John 5:20
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    20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

  • 1 John 1:10
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    10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

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    3 And by this we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

  • John 15:12
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    12 This is my commandment: That you love one another, as I have loved you.