1 John 4:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • John 3:16 : 16 For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.
  • 1 John 5:11 : 11 And his witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
  • 1 John 4:10 : 10 And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.
  • John 6:57 : 57 As the living Father has sent me, and I have life because of the Father, even so he who takes me for his food will have life because of me.
  • Rom 8:32 : 32 He who did not keep back his only Son, but gave him up for us all, will he not with him freely give us all things?
  • John 6:51 : 51 I am the living bread which has come from heaven: if any man takes this bread for food he will have life for ever: and more than this, the bread which I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world.
  • John 8:42 : 42 Jesus said to them, If God was your Father you would have love for me, because it was from God I came and am here. I did not come of myself, but he sent me.
  • John 10:10 : 10 The thief comes only to take the sheep and to put them to death: he comes for their destruction: I have come so that they may have life and have it in greater measure.
  • John 1:14-18 : 14 And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace. 15 John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me. 16 From his full measure we have all been given grace on grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ. 18 No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.
  • Luke 4:18 : 18 The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains,
  • Ps 2:7 : 7 I will make clear the Lord's decision: he has said to me, You are my son, this day have I given you being.
  • John 3:18 : 18 The man who has faith in him does not come up to be judged; but he who has no faith in him has been judged even now, because he has no faith in the name of the only Son of God.
  • John 5:23 : 23 So that all men may give honour to the Son even as they give honour to the Father. He who gives no honour to the Son gives no honour to the Father who sent him.
  • John 6:29 : 29 Jesus, answering, said to them, This is to do the work of God: to have faith in him whom God has sent.
  • Rom 5:8-9 : 8 But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us. 9 Much more, if we now have righteousness by his blood, will salvation from the wrath of God come to us through him. 10 For if, when we were haters of God, the death of his Son made us at peace with him, much more, now that we are his friends, will we have salvation through his life;
  • John 8:29 : 29 He who sent me is with me; he has not gone from me, because at all times I do the things which are pleasing to him.
  • Col 3:3-4 : 3 For your life on earth is done, and you have a secret life with Christ in God. 4 At the coming of Christ who is our life, you will be seen with him in glory.
  • Heb 1:5 : 5 To which of the angels did God say at any time, You are my Son, this day I have given you being? or, I will be his Father, and he will be my Son?
  • 1 John 3:16 : 16 In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.
  • 1 John 4:16 : 16 And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.
  • John 10:28-30 : 28 And I give them eternal life; they will never come to destruction, and no one will ever take them out of my hand. 29 That which my Father has given to me has more value than all; and no one is able to take anything out of the Father's hand. 30 I and my Father are one.
  • John 11:25-26 : 25 Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead; 26 And no one who is living and has faith in me will ever see death. Is this your faith?
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus said to him, I am the true and living way: no one comes to the Father but by me.
  • Mark 12:6 : 6 He still had one, a dearly loved son: he sent him last to them, saying, They will have respect for my son.

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    10And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.

    11My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.

    12No man has ever seen God: if we have love for one another, God is in us and his love is made complete in us:

    13And his Spirit which he has given us is the witness that we are in him and he is in us.

    14And we have seen and give witness that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

    15Everyone who says openly that Jesus is the Son of God, has God in him and is in God.

    16And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.

    17In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world.

    18There is no fear in love: true love has no room for fear, because where fear is, there is pain; and he who is not free from fear is not complete in love.

    19We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.

    20If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen?

    21And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.

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    15So that whoever has faith may have in him eternal life.

    16For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.

    17God did not send his Son into the world to be judge of the world; he sent him so that the world might have salvation through him.

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    16In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.

    17But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him?

    18My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.

    19In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,

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    7My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.

    8He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.

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    8But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us.

    9Much more, if we now have righteousness by his blood, will salvation from the wrath of God come to us through him.

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    1See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.

    2My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.

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    18No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.

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    11And his witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

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    14We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.

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    14And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.

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    1Everyone who has faith that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God: and everyone who has love for the Father has love for his child.

    2In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws.

    3For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.

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    23And this is his law, that we have faith in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love for one another, even as he said to us.

    24He who keeps his laws is in God and God is in him. And the Spirit which he gave us is our witness that he is in us.

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    10In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.

    11Because this is the word which was given to you from the first, that we are to have love for one another;

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    20And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

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    2He is the offering for our sins; and not for ours only, but for all the world.

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    9If we take the witness of men to be true, the witness of God is greater: because this is the witness which God has given about his Son.

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    4Who gave himself for our sins, so that he might make us free from this present evil world, after the purpose of our God and Father:

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    4What came into existence in him was life, and the life was the light of men.

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    9The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world.

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    13Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends.