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1 John 4:12–15

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12No one has ever seen God. ghIf we love one another, God remains in ius and His love is perfected in us.

13This is how we know that we remain in Him jand He in us: He has given assurance to us from His Spirit. k14And we have seen and we testify that the Father has sent His Son las the world’s Savior. 15Whoever confesses mnthat Jesus is the Son of God—God remains in him and he in God.

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1 John 4:13: By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

Footnotes

  1. g4:12 Since God is an infinite being, no one can see Him in His absolute essential nature; Ex 33:18–23.
  2. i4:12 Or remains among
  3. m4:15 Or acknowledges

Cross references

  1. h4:12 Ex 33:20
  2. j4:13 Jn 15:4–7; 1Jn 2:6, 24, 27–28; 3:6, 24; 4:15–16
  3. k4:13 Rv 3:22
  4. l4:14 Rm 1:3
  5. n4:15 Jn 9:22; Php 2:6

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.

By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us and his love is made complete in us. This is how we know that we remain in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and we testify that the Father has sent his Son as the world’s Savior. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God—God remains in him and he in God.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us. Furthermore, we have seen with our own eyes and now testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. All who declare that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God resides in us and his love is perfected in us. By this we know that we reside in him and he in us: that he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God resides in him and he in God.

KJV 1900King James Version

No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.