1 John 4:9

Bible in Basic English 1965

And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.

Cross References

Genesis 22:2

And he said to him, Take your son, your dearly loved only son Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah and give him as a burned offering on one of the mountains of which I will give you knowledge.

Psalm 2:7

I will make clear the Lord's decision: he has said to me, You are my son, this day have I given you being.

Mark 12:6

He still had one, a dearly loved son: he sent him last to them, saying, They will have respect for my son.

Luke 4:18

The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains,

John 10:10

The thief comes only to take the sheep and to put them to death: he comes for their destruction: I have come so that they may have life and have it in greater measure.

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, I am the true and living way: no one comes to the Father but by me.

John 3:16

For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.

John 3:18

The man who has faith in him does not come up to be judged; but he who has no faith in him has been judged even now, because he has no faith in the name of the only Son of God.

John 5:23

Truly I say to you, The man whose ears are open to my word and who has faith in him who sent me, has eternal life; he will not be judged, but has come from death into life.

John 6:29

Jesus, answering, said to them, This is to do the work of God: to have faith in him whom God has sent.

John 6:51

I am the living bread which has come from heaven: if any man takes this bread for food he will have life for ever: and more than this, the bread which I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world.

John 6:57

As the living Father has sent me, and I have life because of the Father, even so he who takes me for his food will have life because of me.

John 8:29

He who sent me is with me; he has not gone from me, because at all times I do the things which are pleasing to him.

John 8:42

Jesus said to them, If God was your Father you would have love for me, because it was from God I came and am here. I did not come of myself, but he sent me.

John 9:3

Jesus said in answer, It was not because of his sin, or because of his father's or mother's; it was so that the works of God might be seen openly in him.

Romans 8:32

He who did not keep back his only Son, but gave him up for us all, will he not with him freely give us all things?

Hebrews 1:5

To which of the angels did God say at any time, You are my Son, this day I have given you being? or, I will be his Father, and he will be my Son?

1 John 3:16

In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.

1 John 4:10

And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.

1 John 4:16

And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.

1 John 5:11

And his witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

1 John 5:13

I have put these things in writing for you who have faith in the name of the Son of God, so that you may be certain that you have eternal life.