1 John 4:12-13

God Is Love

¹² _q No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and _r his love is perfected in us.

¹³ _s By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

1. Cross References
   1 John 4:20
   If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
   John 1:18
   No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
   1 Timothy 6:16
   Who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.
   
2. Cross References
   1 John 2:5
   But whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him:
   
3. Cross References
   1 John 3:24
   Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.