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1 John 4:9

This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.

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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.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἐνenInG1722 →
τούτῳtoutōthisG3778 →
ἐφανερώθηephanerōthēhas been revealedG5319 →
ἡhētheG3588 →
ἀγάπηagapēloveG26 →
τοῦtou<the>G3588 →
θεοῦtheouof GodG2316 →
ἐνenamongG1722 →
ἡμῖν,hēminus,G3165 →
ὅτιhotithatG3754 →
τὸνtontheG3588 →
υἱὸνhuionSonG5207 →
αὐτοῦautouof HimG846 →
τὸνtontheG3588 →
μονογενῆmonogenēone and onlyG3439 →
ἀπέσταλκενapestalkenhas sentG649 →
ὁho<the>G3588 →
θεὸςtheosGodG2316 →
εἰςeisintoG1519 →
τὸνtontheG3588 →
κόσμονkosmonworldG2889 →
ἵναinaso thatG2443 →
ζήσωμενzēsōmenwe may liveG2198 →
δι᾽di᾽throughG1223 →
αὐτοῦ.autouHim.G846 →

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John 1:14The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.John 3:16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.1 John 5:11And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.Romans 8:32He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?2 Corinthians 5:15And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.1 John 4:10And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.John 6:57Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.John 1:18No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.John 11:25–26Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.John 10:10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.John 10:28–30I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.John 6:51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”1 John 3:16By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.John 1:14–18The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.John 3:18Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.Hebrews 1:5For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”?John 8:42Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,

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