1 John 4:12 — King James Version← Study notes
“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 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 John 4:1220 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on 1 John 4:12
“No man has seen God at any time:” 1 John 4:12 He is a thing invisible; not with the eye but with the heart must He be sought. But just as if we wished to see the sun, we should purge the eye of the body; wishing to see God, let us purge the eye by which God can be seen. Where is this eye? Hear the Gospel: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” Matthew 5:8 But let no man imagine God to himself according to the lust of his eyes. For so he makes unto himself…
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