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1 John 4:12–13

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12aNo one has beheld God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His blove is perfected in us.

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

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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.

Cross references

  1. aJohn 1:18; 1 Tim 6:16; 1 John 4:20
  2. b1 John 2:5; 4:17f
  3. aRom 8:9; 1 John 3:24

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.