1 John 4:12 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
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;
English ASV
No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:
English Amplified
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!
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
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!
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us and his love is made complete in us.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
No one has seen God at any time: if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.
English EASY 2024
Nobody has ever seen God. But, if we love each other, it shows that God lives in us. As a result, we can love people completely, in the same way that God loves us.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us. If we love each other, God's love has reached its goal—it is made perfect in us.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
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.
English God's Word - GW 1995
No one has ever seen God. If we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us and His love is perfected in us.
English KJV 1611
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
English LSB
No one has beheld God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and His love is perfected in us.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
No one has ever seen God. Yet, if we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is brought to perfection in us.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God resides in us, and his love is perfected in us.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
No one has ever seen God. But if we love one another, God lives in us. His love is made complete in us.
English NIV
No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
English NKJ 1982
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.
English NLT
No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love has been brought to full expression through us.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
No one has ever gazed upon the fullness of God’s splendor. But if we love one another, God makes his permanent home in us, and we make our permanent home in him, and his love is brought to its full expression in us.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
No man has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
For though we have never yet seen God, when we love each other God lives in us, and his love within us grows ever stronger.
English Tyndale 1537
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfect in us.