12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abideth in us, and his charity is perfected in us.


In Context

9 By this hath the charity of God appeared towards us, because God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we may live by him.

10 In this is charity: not as though we had loved God, but because he hath first loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins.

11 My dearest, if God hath so loved us; we also ought to love one another.

12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abideth in us, and his charity is perfected in us.

13 In this we know that we abide in him, and he in us: because he hath given us of his spirit.

14 And we have seen, and do testify, that the Father hath sent his Son to be the Saviour of the world.

1 John 4:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:12No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:12No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12No one has seen God at any time: if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:12No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:12No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and his love is perfected in us.