1 John 4:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

God showed his love for us when he sent his only Son into the world to give us life.

Cross References

Genesis 22:2

The LORD said, “Go and get Isaac, your only son, the one you dearly love! Take him to the land of Moriah, and I will show you a mountain where you must sacrifice him to me on the fires of an altar.”

Psalm 2:7

I will tell the promise that the LORD made to me: “You are my son, because today I have become your father.

Mark 12:6

The owner had a son he loved very much. Finally, he sent his son to the tenants because he thought they would respect him.

Luke 4:18

“The Lord's Spirit has come to me, because he has chosen me to tell the good news to the poor. The Lord has sent me to announce freedom for prisoners, to give sight to the blind, to free everyone who suffers,

John 10:10

A thief comes only to rob, kill, and destroy. I came so that everyone would have life, and have it fully.

John 14:6

“I am the way, the truth, and the life!” Jesus answered. “Without me, no one can go to the Father.

John 3:16

God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die.

John 3:18

No one who has faith in God's Son will be condemned. But everyone who doesn't have faith in him has already been condemned for not having faith in God's only Son.

John 5:23

The Father wants all people to honour the Son as much as they honour him. When anyone refuses to honour the Son, that is the same as refusing to honour the Father who sent him.

John 6:29

Jesus answered, “God wants you to have faith in the one he sent.”

John 6:51

I am that bread from heaven! Everyone who eats it will live for ever. My flesh is the life-giving bread that I give to the people of this world.

John 6:57

The living Father sent me, and I have life because of him. Now everyone who eats my flesh will live because of me.

John 8:29

The one who sent me is with me. I always do what pleases him, and he will never leave me.”

John 8:42

Jesus answered: If God were your Father, you would love me, because I came from God and only from him. He sent me. I did not come on my own.

John 9:3

“No, it wasn't!” Jesus answered. “But because of his blindness, you will see God perform a miracle for him.

Romans 8:32

God did not keep back his own Son, but he gave him for us. If God did this, won't he freely give us everything else?

Hebrews 1:5

God has never said to any of the angels, “You are my Son, because today I have become your Father!” Neither has God said to any of them, “I will be his Father, and he will be my Son!”

1 John 3:16

We know what love is because Jesus gave his life for us. That's why we must give our lives for each other.

1 John 4:10

Real love isn't our love for God, but his love for us. God sent his Son to be the sacrifice by which our sins are forgiven.

1 John 4:16

and are sure that God loves us. God is love. If we keep on loving others, we will stay united in our hearts with God, and he will stay united with us.

1 John 5:11

God has also said that he gave us eternal life and that this life comes to us from his Son.

1 John 5:13

All of you have faith in the Son of God, and I have written to let you know that you have eternal life.