1 John 4:9

Modern English Version

In this way the love of God was revealed to us, that God sent His only Son into the world, that we might live through Him.

Cross References

Genesis 22:2

Then He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.”

Psalm 2:7

I will declare the decree of the Lord: He said to me, “You are My son; today have I begotten you.

Mark 12:6

“Having yet his one well-beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, ‘They will revere my son.’

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed;

John 10:10

The thief does not come, except to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, 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, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

John 3:18

He who believes in Him is not condemned. But he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

John 5:23

that all men should honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

John 6:29

Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.”

John 6:51

I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. The bread which I shall give for the life of the world is My flesh.”

John 6:57

As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on Me also will live because of Me.

John 8:29

He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him.”

John 8:42

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I came from God and proceeded into the world. I did not come of My own authority, but He sent Me.

John 9:3

Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned. But it happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.

Romans 8:32

He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

Hebrews 1:5

For to which of the angels did He at any time say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father” ? Or again, “I will be a Father to Him, and He shall be a Son to Me” ?

1 John 3:16

By this we know the love of God: that He laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

1 John 4:10

In this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

1 John 4:16

And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.

1 John 5:11

And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

1 John 5:13

I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.