Christian Standard Bible
1 John 4:9
9God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his one and only Son into the world so that we might live through him.
1 John 4:9 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.
Context of 1 John 4:9
7Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love. God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his one and only Son into the world so that we might live through him. 10Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another.
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ἐν τούτῳ ἐφανερώθη ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν ἡμῖν, ὅτι τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ ἀπέσταλκεν ὁ θεὸς εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἵνα ζήσωμεν δι᾽ αὐτοῦ.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- was manifestedφανερόωphaneroō · to revealG5319
- the loveὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the loveἀγάπηagapē · loveG26
- of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- usἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- because thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
- sentἀποστέλλωapostellō · to sendG649
- hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- only begottenμονογενήςmonogenēs · uniqueG3439
- Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
- intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
- the worldκόσμοςkosmos · worldG2889
- thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
- we might liveζάωzaō · to liveG2198
- throughδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
Cross-references for 1 John 4:9
- 1 John 3:16This is how we have come to know love: He laid down his life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
- John 3:16For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
- Romans 5:8But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- Romans 8:32He did not even spare his own Son but gave him up for us all. How will he not also with him grant us everything?
- 1 John 4:10Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
- Luke 4:18The 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 release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed,
- John 5:23so that all people may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
- John 6:29Jesus replied, “This is the work of God — that you believe in the one he has sent.”
- John 8:29The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do what pleases him.”
- Psalms 2:7I will declare the Lord’s decree. He said to me, “You are my Son; today I have become your Father.
- Mark 12:6He still had one to send, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
- John 1:14The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. We observed his glory, the glory as the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- John 3:18Anyone who believes in him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.
- Hebrews 1:5For to which of the angels did he 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?
- 1 John 5:11And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
- John 6:51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
Commentaries on 1 John 4:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9In this was manifested the love of God - The mission of Jesus Christ was the fullest proof that God could give, or that man could receive, of his infinite love to the world. That we might live through him - The whole world was sentenced to death because of sin; and every individual was dead in trespasses and sins; and Jesus came to die in the stead of the world, and to quicken every believer, that all might live to him who died for them and rose again…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9In this was manifested the love of God - That is, in an eminent manner, or this was a most signal proof of it. The apostle does not mean to say that it has been manifested in no other way, but that this was so prominent an instance of his love, that all the other manifestations of it seemed absorbed and lost in this. Because that God sent his only begotten Son - See the notes at John 3:16. That we might live through him - He died that we might have…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10Jesus Christ, whom God the Father sent, showed God’s love in his life on earth. He also showed this love in his sacrificial death on the cross, where he became the sacrifice that reconciles us to God.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. toward us--Greek, "in our case." sent--Greek, "hath sent." into the world--a proof against Socinians, that the Son existed before He was "sent into the world." Otherwise, too, He could not have been our life (1Jo 4:9), our "propitiation" (1Jo 4:10), or our "Saviour" (1Jo 4:14). It is the grand proof of God's love, His having sent "His only-begotten Son, that we might live through Him," who is the Life, and who has redeemed our forfeited life; and it is…Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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