1 John 4:9

Geneva Bible (1560)

Herein was that loue of God made manifest amongst vs, because God sent that his onely begotten sonne into this world, that we might liue through him.

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  • John 3:16 : 16 For God so loued the worlde, that hee hath giuen his onely begotten Sonne, that whosoeuer beleeueth in him, should not perish, but haue euerlasting life.
  • 1 John 5:11 : 11 And this is that record, to wit, that God hath giuen vnto vs eternall life, and this life is in that his Sonne.
  • 1 John 4:10 : 10 Herein is that loue, not that we loued God, but that he loued vs, and sent his Sonne to be a reconciliation for our sinnes.
  • John 6:57 : 57 As that liuing Father hath sent me, so liue I by the Father, and he that eateth me, euen he shall liue by me.
  • Rom 8:32 : 32 Who spared not his owne Sonne, but gaue him for vs all to death, how shall he not with him giue vs all things also?
  • John 6:51 : 51 I am that liuing breade, which came downe from heauen: if any man eate of this breade, hee shall liue for euer: and the bread that I will giue, is my flesh, which I will giue for the life of the world.
  • John 8:42 : 42 Therefore Iesus sayde vnto them, If God were your Father, then woulde ye loue mee: for I proceeded foorth, and came from God, neither came I of my selfe, but he sent me.
  • John 10:10 : 10 The theefe commeth not, but for to steale, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might haue life, and haue it in abundance.
  • John 1:14-18 : 14 And that Word was made flesh, and dwelt among vs, (and we sawe the glorie thereof, as the glorie of the onely begotten Sonne of the Father) full of grace and trueth. 15 Iohn bare witnesse of him, and cryed, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that commeth after me, was before me: for he was better then I. 16 And of his fulnesse haue all we receiued, and grace for grace. 17 For the Lawe was giuen by Moses, but grace, and trueth came by Iesus Christ. 18 No man hath seene God at any time: that onely begotten Sonne, which is in the bosome of the Father, he hath declared him.
  • Luke 4:18 : 18 The Spirit of the Lorde is vpon mee, because he hath anoynted me, that I should preach the Gospel to the poore: he hath sent mee, that I should heale the broken hearted, that I should preach deliuerance to the captiues, and recouering of sight to the blinde, that I should set at libertie them that are bruised:
  • Ps 2:7 : 7 I will declare the decree: that is, the Lord hath said vnto me, Thou art my Sonne: this day haue I begotten thee.
  • John 3:18 : 18 Hee that beleeueth in him, is not condemned: but hee that beleeueth not, is condemned already, because he hath not beleeued in the Name of that onely begotten Sonne of God.
  • John 5:23 : 23 Because that all men shoulde honour the Sonne, as they honour the Father: he that honoureth not the Sonne, the same honoureth not the Father, which hath sent him.
  • John 6:29 : 29 Iesus answered, and sayde vnto them, This is the woorke of God, that yee beleeue in him, whome he hath sent.
  • Rom 5:8-9 : 8 But God setteth out his loue towards vs, seeing that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for vs. 9 Much more then, being now iustified by his blood, we shalbe saued from wrath through him. 10 For if when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Sonne, much more being reconciled, we shalbe saued by his life,
  • John 8:29 : 29 For he that sent me, is with me: the Father hath not left me alone, because I do alwayes those things that please him.
  • Col 3:3-4 : 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ which is our life, shall appeare, then shal ye also appeare with him in glory.
  • Heb 1:5 : 5 For vnto which of the Angels saide he at any time, Thou art my Sonne, this day begate I thee? and againe, I will be his Father, and he shalbe my Sonne?
  • 1 John 3:16 : 16 Hereby haue we perceiued loue, that he layde downe his life for vs: therefore we ought also to lay downe our liues for the brethren.
  • 1 John 4:16 : 16 And we haue knowen, & beleeued ye loue that God hath in vs. God is loue, and he that dwelleth in loue, dwelleth in God, & God in him.
  • John 10:28-30 : 28 And I giue vnto them eternall life, & they shall neuer perish, neither shall any plucke them out of mine hand. 29 My Father which gaue them me, is greater then all, and none is able to take them out of my Fathers hand. 30 I and my Father are one.
  • John 11:25-26 : 25 Iesus saide vnto her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that beleeueth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he liue. 26 And whosoeuer liueth, and beleeueth in me, shall neuer die: Beleeuest thou this?
  • John 14:6 : 6 Iesus sayd vnto him, I am that Way, and that Trueth, and that Life. No man commeth vnto the Father, but by me.
  • Mark 12:6 : 6 Yet had he one sonne, his deare beloued: him also he sent the last vnto them, saying, They will reuerence my sonne.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 89%

    10Herein is that loue, not that we loued God, but that he loued vs, and sent his Sonne to be a reconciliation for our sinnes.

    11Beloued, if God so loued vs, we ought also to loue one another.

    12No man hath seene God at any time. If we loue one another, God dwelleth in vs, and his loue is perfect in vs.

    13Hereby know we, that we dwell in him, & he in vs: because he hath giuen vs of his Spirit.

    14And we haue seene, & doe testifie, that the Father sent that Sonne to be ye Sauiour of the world.

    15Whosoeuer confesseth that Iesus is the Sone of God, in him dwelleth God, & he in God.

    16And we haue knowen, & beleeued ye loue that God hath in vs. God is loue, and he that dwelleth in loue, dwelleth in God, & God in him.

    17Herein is that loue perfect in vs, that we should haue boldnes in the day of iudgement: for as he is, euen so are we in this world.

    18There is no feare in loue, but perfect loue casteth out feare: for feare hath painefulnesse: and he that feareth, is not perfect in loue.

    19We loue him, because he loued vs first.

    20If any man say, I loue God, and hate his brother, he is a liar: for how can he that loueth not his brother whom he hath seene, loue God whom he hath not seene?

    21And this comandemet haue we of him, that he that loueth God, should loue his brother also.

  • John 3:15-17
    3 verses
    81%

    15That whosoeuer beleeueth in him, shoulde not perish, but haue eternall life.

    16For God so loued the worlde, that hee hath giuen his onely begotten Sonne, that whosoeuer beleeueth in him, should not perish, but haue euerlasting life.

    17For God sent not his Sonne into the world, that he should condemne the world, but that the world through him might be saued.

  • 81%

    16Hereby haue we perceiued loue, that he layde downe his life for vs: therefore we ought also to lay downe our liues for the brethren.

    17And whosoeuer hath this worlds good, and seeth his brother haue neede, & shutteth vp his compassion from him, howe dwelleth the loue of God in him?

    18My litle children, let vs not loue in worde, neither in tongue onely, but in deede and in trueth.

    19For thereby we know that we are of the trueth, and shal before him assure our hearts.

  • 1 John 4:7-8
    2 verses
    80%

    7Beloued, let vs loue one another: for loue commeth of God, & euery one that loueth, is borne of God, and knoweth God.

    8Hee that loueth not, knoweth not God: for God is loue.

  • Rom 5:8-9
    2 verses
    78%

    8But God setteth out his loue towards vs, seeing that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for vs.

    9Much more then, being now iustified by his blood, we shalbe saued from wrath through him.

  • 1 John 3:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1Beholde, what loue the Father hath giuen to vs, that we should be called the sonnes of God: for this cause this world knoweth you not, because it knoweth not him.

    2Dearely beloued, nowe are we the sonnes of God, but yet it is not made manifest what we shall be: and we know that when he shalbe made manifest, we shalbe like him: for we shall see him as he is.

  • 4But God which is rich in mercie, through his great loue wherewith he loued vs,

  • 1 John 1:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2(For that life was made manifest, and wee haue seene it, and beare witnes, and shewe vnto you that eternall life, which was with the Father, and was made manifest vnto vs)

    3That, I say, which wee haue seene and heard, declare wee vnto you, that yee may also haue fellowship with vs, and that our fellowship also may be with the Father, and with his Sonne Iesvs Christ.

  • 4But when that bountifulnesse & that loue of God our Sauiour toward man appeared,

  • 18No man hath seene God at any time: that onely begotten Sonne, which is in the bosome of the Father, he hath declared him.

  • 11And this is that record, to wit, that God hath giuen vnto vs eternall life, and this life is in that his Sonne.

  • 14We know that we are translated from death vnto life, because we loue the brethren: he that loueth not his brother, abideth in death.

  • 14And that Word was made flesh, and dwelt among vs, (and we sawe the glorie thereof, as the glorie of the onely begotten Sonne of the Father) full of grace and trueth.

  • 1 John 5:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1Whosoeuer beleeueth that Iesus is that Christ, is borne of God: and euery one that loueth him, which begate, loueth him also which is begotten of him.

    2In this we know that we loue the children of God, when we loue God, and keepe his commandements.

    3For this is the loue of God, that we keepe his commandements: and his commandements are not burdenous.

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    23This is then his commaundement, That we beleeue in the Name of his Sonne Iesus Christ, and loue one another as hee gaue commaundement.

    24For hee that keepeth his commaundements, dwelleth in him, and he in him: and hereby we knowe that hee abideth in vs, euen by that Spirit which he hath giuen vs.

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    10In this are the children of God knowen, and the children of the deuil: whosoeuer doeth not righteousnesse, is not of God, neither he that loueth not his brother.

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

  • 20But we know that that Sone of God is come, & hath giue vs a mind to know him, which is true: & we are in him that is true, that is, in that his Sone Iesus Christ: this same is that very God, and that eternal life.

  • 2And he is the reconciliation for our sinnes: and not for ours onely, but also for the sinnes of the whole world.

  • 9If we receiue the witnesse of men, the witnesse of God is greater: for this is the witnesse of God, which he testified of his Sonne.

  • 4Which gaue himself for our sinnes, that he might deliuer vs from this present euill world according to the will of God euen our Father,

  • 5But hee that keepeth his worde, in him is the loue of God perfect in deede: hereby wee knowe that ye are in him.

  • 4In it was life, and that life was the light of men.

  • 15Loue not this world, neither the things that are in this world. If any man loue this world, the loue of the Father is not in him.

  • 2Hereby shall ye know the Spirit of God, Euery spirit which confesseth that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God.

  • 9This was that true light, which lighteth euery man that commeth into the world.

  • 13Greater loue then this hath no man, when any man bestoweth his life for his friendes.