1 John 4:9

Catholic Public Domain Version

The love of God was made apparent to us in this way: that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world, so that we might live through him.

Cross References

Genesis 22:2

He said to him: "Take your only begotten son Isaac, whom you love, and go into the land of vision. And there you shall offer him as a holocaust upon one of the mountains, which I will show to you."

Psalm 2:7

The Lord has said to me: You are my son, this day have I begotten you.

Mark 12:6

Therefore, having still one son, most dear to him, he sent him also to them, at the very end, saying, 'For they will reverence my son.'

Luke 4:18

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; because of this, he has anointed me. He has sent me to evangelize the poor, to heal the contrite of heart,

John 10:10

The thief does not come, except so that he may steal and slaughter and destroy. I have come so that they may have life, and have it more abundantly.

John 14:6

Jesus said to him: "I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.

John 3:18

Whoever believes in him is not judged. But whoever does not believe is already judged, because he does not believe in the name of the only-begotten Son of God.

John 5:23

so that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son, does not honor the Father who sent him.

John 6:29

Jesus responded and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he sent."

John 6:51

I am the living bread, who descended from heaven.

John 6:57

Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.

John 8:29

And he who sent me is with me, and he has not abandoned me alone. For I always do what is pleasing to him."

John 8:42

Then Jesus said to them: "If God were your father, certainly you would love me. For I proceeded and came from God. For I did not come from myself, but he sent me.

John 9:3

Jesus responded: "Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but it was so that the works of God would be made manifest in him.

Romans 8:32

He who did not spare even his own Son, but handed him over for the sake of us all, how could he not also, with him, have given us all things?

Hebrews 1:5

For to which of the Angels has he ever said: "You are my Son; today have I begotten you?" Or again: "I will be a Father to him, and he shall be a Son to me?"

1 John 3:16

We know the love of God in this way: because he laid down his life for us. And so, we must lay down our lives for our brothers.

1 John 4:10

In this is love: not as if we had loved God, but that he first loved us, and so he sent his Son as a propitiation for our sins.

1 John 4:16

And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love. And he who abides in love, abides in God, and God in him.

1 John 5:11

And this is the testimony which God has given to us: Eternal Life. And this Life is in his Son.

1 John 5:13

I am writing this to you, so that you may know that you have Eternal Life: you who believe in the name of the Son of God.