11 Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another.(A) 12 No one has ever seen God.[a](B) If we love one another, God remains in[b] us and His love is perfected in us.

13 This is how we know that we remain in Him(C) and He in us: He has given assurance to us from His Spirit.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 4:12 Since God is an infinite being, no one can see Him in His absolute essential nature; Ex 33:18-23.
  2. 1 John 4:12 Or remains among

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