1 John 4:9 Parallel Translations

God has shown us his love by sending his only Son into the world so that we could have life through him.(GOD'S WORD®)

In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

ASV:

Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him.

BBE:

And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.

DBY:

Herein as to us has been manifested the love of God, that God has sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

ERV:

Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

WEY:

God's love for us has been manifested in that He has sent His only Son into the world so that we may have Life through Him.

WBS:

In this was manifested the love of God towards us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

WEB:

By this God's love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

YLT:

In this was manifested the love of God in us, because His Son -- the only begotten -- hath God sent to the world, that we may live through him;

1 John 4:9 Cross References

XREF:

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

John 9:3 Jesus answered, "It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be displayed in him.

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 propitiation for our sins.

1 John 4:16 We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

1 John 5:11 And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

4:9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us. Christ is the supremest manifestation. See PNT Joh 3:16.

MHC:

4:7-13 The Spirit of God is the Spirit of love. He that does not love the image of God in his people, has no saving knowledge of God. For it is God's nature to be kind, and to give happiness. The law of God is love; and all would have been perfectly happy, had all obeyed it. The provision of the gospel, for the forgiveness of sin, and the salvation of sinners, consistently with God's glory and justice, shows that God is love. Mystery and darkness rest upon many things yet. God has so shown himself to be love, that we cannot come short of eternal happiness, unless through unbelief and impenitence, although strict justice would condemn us to hopeless misery, because we break our Creator's laws. None of our words or thoughts can do justice to the free, astonishing love of a holy God towards sinners, who could not profit or harm him, whom he might justly crush in a moment, and whose deserving of his vengeance was shown in the method by which they were saved, though he could by his almighty Word have created other worlds, with more perfect beings, if he had seen fit. Search we the whole universe for love in its most glorious displays? It is to be found in the person and the cross of Christ. Does love exist between God and sinners? Here was the origin, not that we loved God, but that he freely loved us. His love could not be designed to be fruitless upon us, and when its proper end and issue are gained and produced, it may be said to be perfected. So faith is perfected by its works. Thus it will appear that God dwells in us by his new-creating Spirit. A loving Christian is a perfect Christian; set him to any good duty, and he is perfect to it, he is expert at it. Love oils the wheels of his affections, and sets him on that which is helpful to his brethren. A man that goes about a business with ill will, always does it badly. That God dwells in us and we in him, were words too high for mortals to use, had not God put them before us. But how may it be known whether the testimony to this does proceed from the Holy Ghost? Those who are truly persuaded that they are the sons of God, cannot but call him Abba, Father. From love to him, they hate sin, and whatever disagrees with his will, and they have a sound and hearty desire to do his will. Such testimony is the testimony of the Holy Ghost.

CONC:

Begotten Clear God's Herein Love Manifest Manifested Revealed Towards

Begotten Clear God's Herein Love Manifest Manifested Revealed Showed Towards World

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