Cross references
1 John 4:12
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 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 13 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to John 1:18 (18 votes) and 1 John 2:5 (15 votes). 46 other verses point back to it. It links with 21 other books, from Genesis 32 to 2 John 1.
Which verses does 1 John 4:12 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- John 1:1818 votes
No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
- 1 John 2:515 votes
But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:
- 1 Timothy 6:1611 votes
He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.
- 1 John 4:17–1811 votes
In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him. There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.
- 1 John 4:209 votes
If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
- Exodus 33:208 votes
But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”
- 1 John 3:248 votes
Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.
- 1 John 4:67 votes
We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.
- Genesis 32:306 votes
So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
- Numbers 12:86 votes
I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”
- 1 Timothy 1:176 votes
- Hebrews 11:276 votes
- 1 Corinthians 13:134 votes
Which verses point to 1 John 4:12?
The 10 strongest of 46.