1 John 4:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἡμεῖς τεθεάμεθα καὶ μαρτυροῦμεν ὅτι ὁ Πατὴρ ἀπέσταλκεν τὸν Υἱὸν Σωτῆρα τοῦ κόσμου.

Transliteration

And hēmeis tetheametha and martyroumen that the Patēr apestalken the Huion Sōtēra of the kosmou.

Grammar Details

• *hēmeis*: nominative, plural - we
• *tetheametha*: perfect middle/passive indicative, 1st plural - we have seen
• *martyroumen*: present active indicative, 1st plural - we testify/we bear witness
• *Patēr*: nominative, masculine, singular - Father
• *apestalken*: perfect active indicative, 3rd singular - has sent
• *Huion*: accusative, masculine, singular - Son
• *Sōtēra*: accusative, masculine, singular - Savior
• *kosmou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of world

Word Meanings

• *tetheametha*: we have seen/we have beheld/we have observed
• *martyroumen*: we testify/we bear witness/we declare
• *apestalken*: has sent/has dispatched/has commissioned
• *Sōtēra*: Savior/Deliverer/Rescuer
• *kosmou*: world/universe/ordered system

Referenced Verses

• John 4:42 : 42 And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
• John 1:14 : 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,(and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
• John 3:16-17 : 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
• John 15:26-27 : 26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: 27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
• 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.
• 1 John 5:9 : 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
• Acts 18:5 : 5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
• 1 Pet 5:12 : 12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.
• 1 John 1:1-3 : 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; 2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) 3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
• 1 John 2:1-2 : 1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
• John 3:32 : 32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.
• John 3:34 : 34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
• John 1:29 : 29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
• John 3:11 : 11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
• John 5:36-37 : 36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. 37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
• John 5:39 : 39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
• John 10:36 : 36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
• John 12:47 : 47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.