1 John 4:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 4:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

No man hath seen God at any time - See the notes at John 1:18 , where the same declaration occurs. The statement seems to be made here in order to introduce a remark to show in what way we may k...
1 John 4:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(10) No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is (g) perfected in us. (10) A third reason: Because God is invisible, therefore by this effect of his...
1 John 4:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John returns to the theme of 1 John 3:14 ff., be cause if the Church is the home of truth, still more is it the home of love. The evidence for our Divine sonship is that the love manifested by God...
1 John 4:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

No man . No one. Greek. oudeis. seen . beheld. App-133. dwelleth . Greek. meno . See p. 1511. perfected . made perfect. App-125.
1 John 4:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12 No man hath seen God The same words are found in John 1:18 of John’s Gospel; but John the Baptist had not there exactly the same thing in view, for he meant only that God could not be o...
1 John 4:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. No man hath seen God at any time - The very words, with the change of ἑωρακε for τεθεατ...
1 John 4:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

No man hath seen God, &c.— "God himself is an invisible Spirit, whom no man hath seen nor can see with his bodily eyes. But as he is the great Fountain of benevolence, if we love one another...
1 John 4:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. God, whom no man hath seen at any time, appoints His children the visible recipien...
1 John 4:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Fellowship with God in Love 1. Try the spirits] RV 'Prove the spirits.' The verb is used of testing metals. 2, 3 . See on 2 John 1:7 .
1 John 4:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

THE PERFECT LOVE THE SUREST TEST ( 1 John 4:7-21 ). ( a ) Fraternal love the necessary product of the true knowledge of God, because God is love ( 1 John 4:7-8 ). ( b ) The grand recent histor...
1 John 4:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Test of Our Love 1 John 4:12-21 If we are willing to be channels through which God's love flows to others, there need be no limit to the fullness of that holy current. In humility, selfless...
1 John 4:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Two closely related perils threaten our fellowship with God as love, false prophets and the spirit which actuates them. Teaching is to be tested by the indwelling Spirit. All who refuse to confess th...
1 John 4:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. (8) He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. (9) In this was manifested the...
1 John 4:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

No man hath seen God at any time ,.... The same is said by the Evangelist John, John 1:18 ; but here it is observed with a different view, and upon another account; there it signifies that no man h...
1 John 4:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. Ver. 12. No man hath seen God ] If we read that any hath seen him, we must understan...
1 John 4:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Herein is love Worthy of our highest admiration; not that we loved God First; for we were, on the contrary, in a state of enmity to him, in which, if we had remained unsolicited and untouched by...
1 John 4:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

But there must be guards as to the operation of the Spirit of God, that is, the child of God must be guarded against all that would imitate the operation of the Spirit. Satan is extremely cunning, an...
1 John 4:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Brotherly Love. A. D. 80. 7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every on...
1 John 4:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The essence of God is to our eyes invisible, incomprehensible to our minds; but by yielding ourselves to the power of his love, so as to be transformed by it, and habituated to the exercise of mutual...
1 John 4:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘No man has beheld God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit...
1 John 4:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES 1 John 4:7 .—The previous verses are in some sense an “aside.” The apostle now resumes his proper theme. His main truth is this—Love is the mark of the children of G...
1 John 4:12 - Scofield Reference Notes

perfected ( See Scofield) - ( Matthew 5:48 ).
1 John 4:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 4:1 . Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. If John had need to say that in the early mor...
1 John 4:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 4:1 . Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God. Whether those teachers believe that Christ is come in the flesh, which to the present hour the unbelieving jews...
1 John 4:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 John 4:1 - 1 John 5:12 (2) The source of son-ship. Possession of the Spirit. 1 John 4:1-62 Confession of the Incarnation is the assurance that the Spirit of God,...
1 John 4:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Dwelling in God and in His love:
1 John 4:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 13:13 ; 1 John 2:5 ; 1 John 3:24 ; 1 John 4:17 ; 1 John 4:18 ; 1 John 4:20 ; 1 John 4:6 ; 1 Timothy 1:17 ; 1 Timothy 6:16 ; Exodus 33:20 ; Genesis 32:30 ; Hebrews 11:27 ; J...
1 John 4:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Testing the True and the False 1 John 4:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have in our opening verses some important admonitions, and also some important instructions. 1. Important admonitions. (1...
1 John 4:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

If we love one another, God abideth in us — This is treated of, 1 John 4:13-16 . And his love is perfected — Has its full effect. In us — This is treated of, 1 John 4:17-19 .

1 John 4:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 John 4:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 John 4:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 4:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 John 4:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 4:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 John 4:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 John 4:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 John 4:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 4:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 John 4:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 John 4:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 John 4:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 John 4:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 John 4:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 John 4:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 4:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 4:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 John 4:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 John 4:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 4:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 John 4:12 - Scofield Reference Notes

1 John 4:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 4:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 4:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 John 4:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 John 4:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 4:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 John 4:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes