1 John 4:9

New Century Version

This is how God showed his love to us: He sent his one and only Son into the world so that we could have life through him.

Cross References

Genesis 22:2

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

Psalm 2:7

Now I will tell you what the Lord has declared: He said to me, “You are my son. Today I have become your father.

Mark 12:6

“The man had one person left to send, his son whom he loved. He sent him last of all, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

Luke 4:18

“The Lord has put his Spirit in me, because he appointed me to tell the Good News to the poor. He has sent me to tell the captives they are free and to tell the blind that they can see again. God sent me to free those who have been treated unfairly

John 10:10

A thief comes to steal and kill and destroy, but I came to give life—life in all its fullness.

John 14:6

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

John 3:16

“God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son so that whoever believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life.

John 3:18

People who believe in God’s Son are not judged guilty. Those who do not believe have already been judged guilty, because they have not believed in God’s one and only Son.

John 5:23

so that all people will honor the Son as much as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

John 6:29

Jesus answered, “The work God wants you to do is this: Believe the One he sent.”

John 6:51

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give up so that the world may have life.”

John 6:57

The living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father. So whoever eats me will live because of me.

John 8:29

The One who sent me is with me. I always do what is pleasing to him, so he has not left me alone.”

John 8:42

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

John 9:3

Jesus answered, “It is not this man’s sin or his parents’ sin that made him blind. This man was born blind so that God’s power could be shown in him.

Romans 8:32

He did not spare his own Son but gave him for us all. So with Jesus, God will surely give us all things.

Hebrews 1:5

This is because God never said to any of the angels, “You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.” Nor did God say of any angel, “I will be his Father, and he will be my Son.”

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 our brothers and sisters.

1 John 4:10

This is what real love is: It is not our love for God; it is God’s love for us. He sent his Son to die in our place to take away our sins.

1 John 4:16

And so we know the love that God has for us, and we trust that love. God is love. Those who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.

1 John 5:11

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

1 John 5:13

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