1 John 4:9

Free Bible Version

How was God's love shown to us? God sent his one and only Son into the world so that we could live through him.

Cross References

Genesis 22:2

God told him, “Go with your son, your only son, the one you love, to the land of Moriah and sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I'll tell you about.”

Psalm 2:7

“I will proclaim the Lord's decree,” says the king. “He told me, ‘You are my son. Today I have become your father.

Mark 12:6

In the end the only one left was his son whom he loved, and eventually he sent him, thinking ‘They will respect my son.’

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has anointed me to announce good news to the destitute. He has sent me to proclaim that prisoners will be released, the blind will see, the oppressed will be freed,

John 10:10

The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. I've come to bring you life, life full to overflowing.

John 14:6

Jesus replied, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 3:16

For God loved the world, and this is how: he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who trusts in him shouldn't die, but have eternal life.

John 3:18

Those who trust in him are not condemned, while those who don't trust in him are condemned already because they didn't trust in the one and only Son of God.

John 5:23

so that everyone may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Anyone who doesn't honor the Son doesn't honor the Father who sent him.

John 6:29

Jesus replied, “What God wants you to do is to trust in the one he sent.”

John 6:51

I am the life-giving bread from heaven, and anyone who eats this bread will live forever. The bread is my flesh that I give so that the world may live.”

John 6:57

Just as the life-giving Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so anyone who feeds on me will live because of me.

John 8:29

The one who sent me is with me; he has not abandoned me, for I always do what pleases him.”

John 8:42

Jesus replied, “If God really was your father, you would love me. I came from God and now I am here. The decision to come wasn't mine, but the one who sent me.

John 9:3

Jesus replied, “It wasn't because of the sins of the man or his parents. But so that what God can do may be shown in his life,

Romans 8:32

God, who did not hold back his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, won't he also freely give us everything?

Hebrews 1:5

God never said to any angel, “You are my Son; today I have become your Father,” or “I will be a Father to him, and he will be a Son to me.”

1 John 3:16

This is how we know what love is: Jesus laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our Christian brothers and sisters.

1 John 4:10

This is love! It's not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and he sent his Son to be the means by which our sins are forgiven.

1 John 4:16

We have experienced and trusted in the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who live in love, live in God, and God lives in them.

1 John 5:11

The evidence is this: God has given eternal life to us, and we have this life through his Son.

1 John 5:13

I'm writing to tell those of you who trust in the name of the Son of God so you can be certain you have eternal life.