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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 4:12Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 John 4:1220 words
GreekMeaning
θεὸνtheon
GodnounG2316
οὐδεὶςoudeis
no oneadjectiveG3762
πώποτεpōpote
at any timeadverbG4455
τεθέαταιtetheatai
has seenverbG2300
ἐὰνean
ifwordG1437
ἀγαπῶμενagapōmen
we shall loveverbG25
ἀλλήλουςallēlous
one anotherpronounG240
ho
thearticleG3588
θεὸςtheos
GodnounG2316
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
ἡμῖνhēmin
uspronounG1473
μένειmenei
abidesverbG3306
καὶkai
andwordG2532
thearticleG3588
ἀγάπηagapē
lovenounG26
αὐτοῦautou
of HimpronounG846
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
ἡμῖνhēmin
uspronounG1473
τετελειωμένηteteleiōmenē
perfectedverbG5048
ἐστινestin
isverbG1510
Greek 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…

Augustine · 4th century · Homily 7 on the First Epistle of John
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