1 John 4:9

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.

Cross References

Genesis 22:2

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 upon one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”

Psalm 2:7

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

Mark 12:6

He had still one other, a beloved son; finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,

John 10:10

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:18

He who believes in him is not condemned; 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 may honor the Son, even 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 any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and 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 he who eats me will live because of me.

John 8:29

And he who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what is pleasing to him.”

John 8:42

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I proceeded and came forth from God; I came not of my own accord, but he sent me.

John 9:3

Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be made manifest in him.

Romans 8:32

He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, will he not also give us all things with him?

Hebrews 1:5

For to what angel did God ever say, “Thou art my Son, today I have begotten thee”? Or again, “I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son”?

1 John 3:16

By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

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 expiation for our sins.

1 John 4:16

So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

1 John 5:11

And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

1 John 5:13

I write this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.