1 John 4:14 BSB — MannaFest

1 John 4:14

And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.

BSB

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ASV

And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father hath sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

KJV

And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

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Commentary

4 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And we have seen - Jesus Christ manifested in the flesh; see 1Jn 1:1, etc.; and do testify - bear witness, in consequence of having the fullest conviction, that the Father sent the son to be the Savior of the world. We have had the fullest proof of this from his doctrine and miracles, which we heard and saw during the whole time that he sojourned among men.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

And in consequence of this we have seen and testify that the Father sent the Son - These are the foundation and the criteria of our abiding in God and God in us, the communion of the Spirit, and the confession of the Son. Whosoever shall, from a principle of loving faith, openly confess in the face of all opposition and danger, that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2383: “Seeing and Testifying” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1894)

THERE are two things joined together in the text which must never be parted—"We have seen and testify." In the first place, never let any man testify what he has not seen. If you are not personally aware of it, do not tell it—it is the personality of the testimony that is the power of the testimony. That Truth of God which you have never experienced, you had better leave to somebody else to preach.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The internal evidence of the indwelling Spirit (1Jo 4:13) is corroborated by the external evidence of the eye-witnesses to the fact of the Father having "sent His Son to be the Saviour of the world." seen--Greek, "contemplated," "attentively beheld" (see on 1Jo 1:1). sent--Greek, "hath sent": not an entirely past fact (aorist), but one of which the effects continue (perfect tense).

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἡμεῖς	hēmeis	we ourselves	G3165 →
τεθεάμεθα	tetheametha	have seen	G2300 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
μαρτυροῦμεν	marturoumen	testify	G3140 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
πατὴρ	patēr	Father	G3962 →
ἀπέσταλκεν	apestalken	has sent	G649 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
υἱὸν	huion	Son [as]	G5207 →
σωτῆρα	sōtēra	Savior	G4990 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
κόσμου.	kosmou	world.	G2889 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 1:14
The 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.
leads to
- 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.
- 1 Timothy 3:16
  By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world,…
- Galatians 4:4
  But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
- John 1:1
  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- Isaiah 40:5
  And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
Through
1 John 4:10
And 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.
leads to
- Ephesians 2:4–5
  But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
- Romans 5:8–10
  But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- 1 John 4:19
  We love because He first loved us.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 John

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 John