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1 John 4:12
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10 In this is love, anot that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son bto be the propitiation for our sins.  
11 Beloved, aif God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.  

Seeing God Through Love

12 aNo 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 aBy this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.  
14 And awe have seen and testify that bthe Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.  
15 aWhoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.  
16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and ahe who abides in love abides in God, and God bin him.  
Verse Comparison: 1 John 4:12

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

Amplified® Bible
No man has at any time [yet] seen God. But if we love one another, God abides (lives and remains) in us and His love (that love which is essentially His) is brought to completion (to its full maturity, runs its full course, is perfected) in us!

Contemporary English Version
No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is truly in our hearts.

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

Good News Bible
No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in union with us, and his love is made perfect in us.

International Standard Version
No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us.

King 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.

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

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

New King James Version
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.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love can perfect in us.

Young's Literal Translation
God 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;

New English Translation
No one has seen God at any time.1 If we love one another, God resides2 in us, and his love is perfected in us.3


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