12 No one has ever seen God.[a](A) If we love one another, God remains in[b] us and His love is perfected in us.

13 This is how we know that we remain in Him(B) and He in us: He has given assurance to us from His Spirit.(C) 14 And we have seen and we testify that the Father has sent His Son(D) as the world’s Savior.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 4:12 Since God is an infinite being, no one can see Him in His absolute essential nature; Ex 33:18-23.
  2. 1 John 4:12 Or remains among

12 No one has ever seen God;(A) but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.(B)

13 This is how we know(C) that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.(D) 14 And we have seen and testify(E) that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.(F)

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