1 John 4:9

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

This is how God showed his love to us: He sent his only Son into the world to give us life through him.

Cross References

John 3:16

Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him would not be lost but have eternal life.

1 John 5:11

This is what God told us: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

Romans 8:32

He even let his own Son suffer for us. God gave his Son for all of us. So now with Jesus, God will surely give us all things.

John 6:57

“The Father sent me. He lives, and I live because of him. So everyone who eats me will live because of me.

1 John 4:10

True love is God’s love for us, not our love for God. He sent his Son as the way to take away our sins.

1 John 3:16

This is how we know what real love is: Jesus gave his life for us. So we should give our lives for each other as brothers and sisters.

John 10:10

A thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy. But I came to give life—life that is full and good.

John 6:51

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my body. I will give my body so that the people in the world can have life.”

John 3:18

People who believe in God’s Son are not judged guilty. But people who do not believe are already judged, because they have not believed in God’s only Son.

Hebrews 1:5

God never said this to any of the angels: “You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.” Psalm 2:7 God also never said about an angel, “I will be his Father, and he will be my son.” 2 Samuel 7:14

John 8:42

Jesus said to them, “If God were really your Father, you would love me. I came from God, and now I am here. I did not come by my own authority. God sent me.

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me. He has chosen me to tell good news to the poor. He sent me to tell prisoners that they are free and to tell the blind that they can see again. He sent me to free those who have been treated badly

Mark 12:6

“The man had only one person left to send to the farmers. It was his son. He loved his son, but he decided to send him. He said, ‘The farmers will respect my son.’

1 John 4:16

So we know the love that God has for us, and we trust that love. God is love. Everyone who lives in love lives in God, and God lives in them.

John 14:6

Jesus answered, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. The only way to the Father is through me.

John 6:29

Jesus answered, “The work God wants you to do is this: to believe in the one he sent.”

John 8:29

The one who sent me is with me. I always do what pleases him. So he has not left me alone.”

John 5:23

God did this so that all people will respect the Son the same as they respect the Father. Anyone who does not respect the Son does not respect the Father. He is the one who sent the Son.

Psalm 2:7

Let me tell you about the Lord’s agreement: He said to me, “Today I have become your father, and you are my son.

Genesis 22:2

Then God said, “Take your son to the land of Moriah and kill your son there as a sacrifice for me. This must be Isaac, your only son, the one you love. Use him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains there. I will tell you which mountain.”

John 9:3

Jesus answered, “It was not any sin of this man or his parents that caused him to be blind. He was born blind so that he could be used to show what great things God can do.

1 John 5:13

I write this letter to you who believe in the Son of God. I write so that you will know that you have eternal life now.