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12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to 1 John 4:12. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 4
Word Entries 74
Editorial Notes 0
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Greek Textus Receptus Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament

Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.

Θεὸν οὐδεὶς πώποτε τεθέαται· ἐὰν ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους, ὁ Θεὸς ἐν ἡμῖν μένει, καὶ ἡ ἀγάπη αὐτοῦ τετελειωμένη ἐστὶν ἐν ἡμῖν.

20 word entries
Θεὸν
Lemma
qeon
Transliteration
qeon
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
149
οὐδεὶς
Lemma
oudeiv
Transliteration
oudeiv
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G3762
Occurrences
97
πώποτε
Lemma
pwpote
Transliteration
pwpote
Morphology
Greek: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
G4455
Occurrences
6
τεθέαται
Transliteration
teqeatai
Morphology
Greek: verb perfect middle/passive deponent indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2300
Occurrences
1
ἐὰν
Lemma
ean
Transliteration
ean
Morphology
Greek: conditional particle
Part of Speech
conditional particle
Strong's
G1437
Occurrences
333
ἀγαπῶμεν
Transliteration
agapwmen
Morphology
Greek: verb present active subjunctive plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G25
Occurrences
10
ἀλλήλους
Transliteration
allhlouv
Morphology
Greek: C accusative plural masculine
Strong's
G240
Occurrences
67
Lemma
o
Transliteration
o
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
3353
Θεὸς
Lemma
qeov
Transliteration
qeov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
315
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
ἡμῖν
Lemma
hmin
Transliteration
hmin
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
178
μένει
Lemma
menei
Transliteration
menei
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3306
Occurrences
28
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
Lemma
h
Transliteration
h
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1450
ἀγάπη
Lemma
agaph
Transliteration
agaph
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G26
Occurrences
64
αὐτοῦ
Lemma
autou
Transliteration
autou
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
1493
τετελειωμένη
Transliteration
teteleiwmenh
Morphology
Greek: verb perfect passive participle nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G5048
Occurrences
1
ἐστὶν
Lemma
estin
Transliteration
estin
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
927
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
ἡμῖν
Lemma
hmin
Transliteration
hmin
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
178
Tischendorf / Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel

Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.

θεὸν οὐδεὶς πώποτε τεθέαται· ἐὰν ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους, ὁ θεὸς ἐν ἡμῖν μένει καὶ ἡ ἀγάπη αὐτοῦ τετελειωμένη ἐν ἡμῖν ἐστιν.

20 word entries
θεὸν
Morphology
N-ASM
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity, or divine being.
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
1312
οὐδεὶς
Morphology
A-NSM-N
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G3762
Occurrences
233
πώποτε
Morphology
ADV
Part of Speech
ADV
Strong's
G4455
Occurrences
6
τεθέαται·
Morphology
V-RNI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2300
Occurrences
23
ἐὰν
Lemma
ἐάν
Morphology
COND
Part of Speech
COND
Strong's
G1437
Occurrences
333
ἀγαπῶμεν
Morphology
V-PAS-1P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0025
Occurrences
143
ἀλλήλους,
Morphology
C-APM
Part of Speech
C
Strong's
G0240
Occurrences
100
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
θεὸς
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity, or divine being.
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
1312
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
ἡμῖν
Morphology
P-1DP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G2249
Occurrences
862
μένει
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3306
Occurrences
117
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἀγάπη
Morphology
N-NSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0026
Occurrences
116
αὐτοῦ
Morphology
P-GSM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
τετελειωμένη
Morphology
V-RPP-NSF
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G5048
Occurrences
23
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
ἡμῖν
Morphology
P-1DP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G2249
Occurrences
862
ἐστιν.
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
Syriac Peshitta New Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: New Testament

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܠܐܠܗܐ ܡܡܬܘܡ ܐܢܫ ܠܐ ܚܙܝܗܝ ܐܢ ܕܝܢ ܢܚܒ ܚܕ ܠܚܕ ܐܠܗܐ ܒܢ ܡܩܘܐ ܘܚܘܒܗ ܡܫܬܡܠܐ ܒܢ

16 word entries
ܠܐܠܗܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
l'lh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
182
ܡܡܬܘܡ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
mmtwm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
16
ܐܢܫ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܐܢܫ
Transliteration
'nsh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
323
ܠܐ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܠܐ
Transliteration
la
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Occurrences
1681
ܚܙܝܗܝ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
hzyhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
15
ܐܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܐܢ
Transliteration
'n
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
417
ܕܝܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܕܝܢ
Transliteration
dyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1830
ܢܚܒ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܢܚܒ
Transliteration
nhb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
5
ܚܕ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܚܕ
Transliteration
hd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
412
ܠܚܕ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܠܚܕ
Transliteration
lhd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
70
ܐܠܗܐ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Transliteration
alaha
Morphology
noun, masculine emphatic singular
Gloss
God
Occurrences
497
ܒܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܒܢ
Transliteration
bn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
34
ܡܩܘܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
mqw'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
20
ܘܚܘܒܗ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
whwbh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
2
ܡܫܬܡܠܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
mshtml'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
2
ܒܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܒܢ
Transliteration
bn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
34
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Deum nemo vidit umquam. Si diligamus invicem, Deus in nobis manet, et caritas ejus in nobis perfecta est.

18 word entries
Deum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
deus
Transliteration
Deum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity
Etymology
Latin noun for God or a god.
Occurrences
4889
nemo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nemo
Transliteration
nemo
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
205
vidit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uideo
Transliteration
vidit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1988
umquam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
umquam
Transliteration
umquam
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
18
si
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
si
Transliteration
si
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1970
diligamus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
diligo
Transliteration
diligamus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
338
invicem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
inuicem
Transliteration
invicem
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
118
Deus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
deus
Transliteration
Deus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity
Etymology
Latin noun for God or a god.
Occurrences
4889
in
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
in
Transliteration
in
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Gloss
in
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
in, into, among, on
Etymology
Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
Occurrences
22264
nobis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nos
Transliteration
nobis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1585
manet
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
maneo
Transliteration
manet
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
277
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
caritas
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
caritas
Transliteration
caritas
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
100
eius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
in
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
in
Transliteration
in
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Gloss
in
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
in, into, among, on
Etymology
Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
Occurrences
22264
nobis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nos
Transliteration
nobis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1585
perfecta
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
perfecta
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
73
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614

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No one has seen God at any time. The only born Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, has declared him.

17 relevance votes

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But God’s love has most certainly been perfected in whoever keeps his word. This is how we know that we are in him:

14 relevance votes

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He alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen nor can see, to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.

10 relevance votes

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If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

8 relevance votes

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He said, “You cannot see my face, for man may not see me and live.”

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He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

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Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”

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With him, I will speak mouth to mouth, even plainly, and not in riddles; and he shall see Yahweh’s form. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?”

5 relevance votes

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Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

5 relevance votes

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By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

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But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

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