1 John 4:9

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By this, the love of God was revealed among us: that God sent His only Son into the world so that we might live through Him.

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  • John 3:16 : 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.
  • 1 John 5:11 : 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
  • 1 John 4:10 : 10 In this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
  • John 6:57 : 57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so the one who eats me will live because of me.
  • Rom 8:32 : 32 He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all—how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?
  • John 6:51 : 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats this bread, they will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
  • John 8:42 : 42 Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I did not come on my own, but he sent me.
  • John 10:10 : 10 The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
  • John 1:14-18 : 14 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 John testified about Him and cried out, saying, 'This is the one I spoke about when I said, “He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.”' 16 From His fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God; the one and only Son, who is in the closest relationship with the Father, has made Him known.
  • Luke 4:18 : 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,
  • Ps 2:7 : 7 I will proclaim the decree of the Lord: He said to me, 'You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.'
  • John 3:18 : 18 Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is already condemned, because they have not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.
  • John 5:23 : 23 'So that everyone may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.'
  • John 6:29 : 29 Jesus answered them, 'This is the work of God: that you believe in the one he has sent.'
  • Rom 5:8-9 : 8 But God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, since we have now been justified by His blood, we shall 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, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
  • John 8:29 : 29 The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, because I always do what pleases him."
  • Col 3:3-4 : 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
  • Heb 1:5 : 5 For 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'?
  • 1 John 3:16 : 16 This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
  • 1 John 4:16 : 16 And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in them.
  • John 10:28-30 : 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one.
  • John 11:25-26 : 25 Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live.' 26 'And everyone who lives and believes in me will never die forever. Do you believe this?'
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'
  • Mark 12:6 : 6 Finally, he had one left: a beloved son. He sent him last of all, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

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    10In this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

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

    12No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

    13By this, we know that we remain in Him and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.

    14And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.

    15Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in them, and they in God.

    16And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in them.

    17In this, love has been made complete with us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment, because as He is, so also are we in this world.

    18There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been made perfect in love.

    19We love because He first loved us.

    20If anyone says, 'I love God,' but hates their brother or sister, they are a liar. For the one who does not love their brother or sister whom they have seen cannot love God whom they have not seen.

    21And this commandment we have from Him: Whoever loves God must also love their brother or sister.

  • John 3:15-17
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    15so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

    16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

    17For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

  • 1 John 3:16-19
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    16This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.

    17But whoever has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need, yet closes his heart against them, how does the love of God abide in him?

    18Little children, let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth.

    19By this we will know that we belong to the truth and will reassure our hearts in His presence.

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    7Beloved, 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.

  • Rom 5:8-9
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    8But God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

    9Much more then, since we have now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.

  • 1 John 3:1-2
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    1See how great a love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and this is what we are! The world does not know us because it did not know Him.

    2Beloved, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. But we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

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    4But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us,

  • 1 John 1:2-3
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    2the life was made visible, and we have seen it, and we testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was revealed to us—

    3what we have seen and heard we declare to you, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And truly, our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.

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    4But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared,

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    18No one has ever seen God; the one and only Son, who is in the closest relationship with the Father, has made Him known.

  • 1 John 5:11
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    11And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

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    14We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death.

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    14The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

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    1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves His child as well.

    2This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and keeping His commandments.

    3For this is the love of God: that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.

  • 1 John 3:23-24
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    23Now this is His commandment: that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as He commanded us.

    24The one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us: through the Spirit He has given us.

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    10By this the children of God and the children of the devil are distinguished: Anyone who does not practice righteousness and does not love their brother or sister is not of God.

    11For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: that we should love one another.

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    20We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know 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.

  • 1 John 2:2
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    2He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

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    9If we accept human testimony, God’s testimony is greater, because it is the testimony of God which He has given about His Son.

  • Gal 1:4
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    5But whoever keeps His word, truly in that person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him.

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    4In Him was life, and that life was the light of mankind.

  • 1 John 2:15
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    15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in them.

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    2By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.

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    9The true Light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.

  • John 15:13
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    13Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.