1 John 4:9

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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  • John 3:16 : 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
  • 1 John 5:11 : 11 And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
  • 1 John 4:10 : 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.
  • John 6:57 : 57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eateth me, he also shall live because of me.
  • Rom 8:32 : 32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?
  • John 6:51 : 51 I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.
  • John 8:42 : 42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.
  • John 10:10 : 10 The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have [it] abundantly.
  • John 1:14-18 : 14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth. 15 John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me is become before me: for he was before me. 16 For of his fulness we all received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him] .
  • Luke 4:18 : 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,
  • Ps 2:7 : 7 I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee.
  • John 3:18 : 18 He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.
  • John 5:23 : 23 that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father that sent him.
  • John 6:29 : 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
  • Rom 5:8-9 : 8 But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, shall we be saved from the wrath [of God] through him. 10 For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life;
  • John 8:29 : 29 And he that sent me is with me; he hath not left me alone; for I do always the things that are pleasing to him.
  • Col 3:3-4 : 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, [who is] our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory.
  • Heb 1:5 : 5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee? and again, I will be to him a Father, And he shall be to me a Son?
  • 1 John 3:16 : 16 Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
  • 1 John 4:16 : 16 And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.
  • John 10:28-30 : 28 and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who hath given [them] unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one.
  • John 11:25-26 : 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live; 26 and whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die. Believest thou this?
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
  • Mark 12:6 : 6 He had yet one, a beloved son: he sent him last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 John 4:10-21
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    10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.

    11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

    12No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:

    13hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

    14And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father hath sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world.

    15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.

    16And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.

    17Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world.

    18There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.

    19We love, because he first loved us.

    20If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.

    21And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.

  • John 3:15-17
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    15that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life.

    16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

    17For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.

  • 1 John 3:16-19
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    16Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

    17But whoso hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?

    18[ My] Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.

    19Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him:

  • 1 John 4:7-8
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    7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

    8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

  • Rom 5:8-9
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    8But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

    9Much more then, being now justified by his blood, shall we be saved from the wrath [of God] through him.

  • 1 John 3:1-2
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    1Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and [such] we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

    2Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.

  • Eph 2:4
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    4but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

  • 1 John 1:2-3
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    2(and the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare unto you the life, the eternal [life], which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us);

    3that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ:

  • Titus 3:4
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    4But when the kindness of God our Saviour, and his love toward man, appeared,

  • John 1:18
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    18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him] .

  • 1 John 5:11
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    11And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

  • 1 John 3:14
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    14We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.

  • John 1:14
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    14And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

  • 1 John 5:1-3
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    1Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

    2Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments.

    3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

  • 1 John 3:23-24
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    23And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he gave us commandment.

    24And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

  • 1 John 3:10-11
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    10In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

    11For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:

  • 1 John 5:20
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    20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

  • 1 John 2:2
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    2and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

  • 1 John 5:9
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    9If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for the witness of God is this, that he hath borne witness concerning his Son.

  • Gal 1:4
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    4who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father:

  • 1 John 2:5
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    5but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him:

  • John 1:4
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    4In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

  • 1 John 2:15
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    15Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

  • 1 John 4:2
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    2Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

  • John 1:9
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    9There was the true light, [even the light] which lighteth every man, coming into the world.

  • John 15:13
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    13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.