1 John
1 John 4:12
12No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No one | οὐδεὶς | oudeis | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3762 no one, none, nothing |
| has ever seen | τεθέαται | tetheatai | Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G2300 I see, behold, contemplate, visit |
| God | Θεὸν | Theon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| if | ἐὰν | ean | Conjunction | G1437 if |
| we love | ἀγαπῶμεν | agapōmen | Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural | G25 I love |
| one another | ἀλλήλους | allēlous | Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Plural | G240 one another |
| God | Θεὸς | Theos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| remains | μένει | menei | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G3306 I remain, abide |
| in | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| us | ἡμῖν | hēmin | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural | G1473 I |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| His | αὐτοῦ | autou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| love | ἀγάπη | agapē | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G26 love |
| is | ἐστιν | estin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1510 I am, exist |
| perfected | τετελειωμένη | teteleiōmenē | Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Singular | G5048 I complete, accomplish, make perfect |
| in | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| us | ἡμῖν | hēmin | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural | G1473 I |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
John 1:18 · 1 John 2:5 · 1 Timothy 6:16 · 1 John 4:17–18 · 1 John 4:20 · 1 John 3:24 · Exodus 33:20 · 1 John 4:6 · 1 Timothy 1:17 · Numbers 12:8 · Hebrews 11:27 · Genesis 32:30
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.