1 John 4:12 meaning and explanation

No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

1 John 4:12, Berean Standard Bible

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John, writing to a congregation unsettled by teachers claiming special spiritual insight, has just said that God’s love was revealed by sending his Son. Here he echoes the Gospel of John: God is invisible, and no one has seen him.

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