1 John 4:11–13

11 Beloved, if God so loved us, bwe ought also to love one another. 12 cNo man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, dGod dwelleth in us, and ehis love is perfected in us. 13 fHereby know we that gwe ddwell in him, and he in us, gbecause he hath given us of his Spirit.

1 John 4:11–13 — The New International Version (NIV)

11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 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.

13 This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.

1 John 4:11–13 — English Standard Version (ESV)

11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.

13 By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

1 John 4:11–13 — New Living Translation (NLT)

11 Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. 12 No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.

13 And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us.

1 John 4:11–13 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

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

12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.

1 John 4:11–13 — New Century Version (NCV)

11 Dear friends, if God loved us that much we also should love each other. 12 No one has ever seen God, but if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is made perfect in us.

13 We know that we live in God and he lives in us, because he gave us his Spirit.

1 John 4:11–13 — American Standard Version (ASV)

11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 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: 13 hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

1 John 4:11–13 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

11 Beloved, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has seen God at any time: if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us. 13 Hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, that he has given to us of his Spirit.

1 John 4:11–13 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

11 Dear friends, if this is the way God loved us, we must also love each other. 12 No one has ever seen God. If we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us. 13 We know that we live in him and he lives in us because he has given us his Spirit.

1 John 4:11–13 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

11 Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us and His love is perfected in us.

13 This is how we know that we remain in Him and He in us: He has given assurance to us from His Spirit.

1 John 4:11–13 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

11 Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us.

13 By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

1 John 4:11–13 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

11 Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God resides in us and his love is perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we reside in him and he in us: that he has given us of his Spirit.

1 John 4:11–13 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

11 Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we should also love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God. But if we love one another, God lives in us. His love is made complete in us.

13 We know that we belong to him and he belongs to us. He has given us his Holy Spirit.

1 John 4:11–13 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

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

12 No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us.

13 By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.

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b	See John 13:34. Comp. Matt. 18:33.
c	ver. 20. See John 1:18.
d	See ch. 2:24.
e	See ch. 2:5. So ver. 18.
f	So ch. 2:5.
g	ch. 3:24. Comp. John 5:38.
d	See ch. 2:24.
g	ch. 3:24. Comp. John 5:38.