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1 John 4:12 KJV
1 John · chapter 4 · verse 12
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.1 John 4:12 · King James Version
1 John 4:12 in context
10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
14And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
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Key words (Strong's)
- perfectedteleioōto make perfect, complete, to carry through completely, to accomplish, finish, bring to…G5048 →
- dwellethmenōto remain, abide, in reference to place, to sojourn, tarry, not to depart, to continue to…G3306 →
- seentheaomaito behold, look upon, view attentively, contemplate , of important persons that are…G2300 →
- timepōpoteever, at any timeG4455 →
- loveagapaōof persons, to welcome, to entertain, to be fond of, to love dearly, of things, to be…G25 →
- loveagapēaffection, good will, love, benevolence, brotherly love, love feastsG26 →
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As the Spirit of truth is known by doctrine (thus spirits are to be tried), it is known by love likewise; and so here follows a strong fervent exhortation to holy Christian love: Beloved, let us love one another, Jo1 4:7.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-13