1 John 4:12,20
1 John 4:12 New International Version (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.
1 John 4:20 New International Version (NIV)
Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.
1 John 4:12 New King James Version (NKJV)
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.
I John 4:20 New King James Version (NKJV)
If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
1 John 4:11-12 The Message (MSG)
My dear, dear friends, if God loved us like this, we certainly ought to love each other. No one has seen God, ever. But if we love one another, God dwells deeply within us, and his love becomes complete in us—perfect love!
1 John 4:20-21 The Message (MSG)
If anyone boasts, “I love God,” and goes right on hating his brother or sister, thinking nothing of it, he is a liar. If he won’t love the person he can see, how can he love the God he can’t see? The command we have from Christ is blunt: Loving God includes loving people. You’ve got to love both.
1 John 4:12 King James Version (KJV)
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 4:20 King James Version (KJV)
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
1 John 4:12 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us.
1 John 4:20 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.
1 John 4:12 New Century Version (NCV)
No one has ever seen God, but if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is made perfect in us.
1 John 4:20 New Century Version (NCV)
If people say, “I love God,” but hate their brothers or sisters, they are liars. Those who do not love their brothers and sisters, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have never seen.
1 John 4:12 American Standard Version (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
1 John 4:20 American Standard Version (ASV)
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.
1 John 4:12 Amplified Bible (AMP)
No one has seen God at any time. But if we love one another [with unselfish concern], God abides in us, and His love [the love that is His essence abides in us and] is completed and perfected in us.
1 John 4:20 Amplified Bible (AMP)
If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates (works against) his [Christian] brother he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.
1 John 4:12 New Living Translation (NLT)
No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.
1 John 4:20 New Living Translation (NLT)
If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see?
1 John 4:12 The Passion Translation (TPT)
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.
1 John 4:20 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Anyone can say, “I love God,” yet have hatred toward another believer. This makes him a phony, because if you don’t love a brother or sister, whom you can see, how can you truly love God, whom you can’t see?
1 John 4:12 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.