1 John 4:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

Was

God sent

John 8:29

Only

Hebrews 1:5

General references

Bible References

Was

Hereby we have known love, because he has laid down his life for us; and we ought for the brethren to lay down our lives.

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

but God commends his love to us, in that, we being still sinners, Christ has died for us.

He who, yea, has not spared his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him grant us all things?

God sent

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach glad tidings to the poor; he has sent me to preach to captives deliverance, and to the blind sight, to send forth the crushed delivered,

that all may honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He who honours not the Son, honours not the Father who has sent him.

Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he has sent.

And he that has sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, because I do always the things that are pleasing to him.

Only

I will declare the decree: Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; I this day have begotten thee.

Having yet therefore one beloved son, he sent also him to them the last, saying, They will have respect for my son.

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we have contemplated his glory, a glory as of an only-begotten with a father), full of grace and truth;

He that believes on him is not judged: but he that believes not has been already judged, because he has not believed on the name of the only-begotten Son of God.

For to which of the angels said he ever, Thou art my Son: this day have I begotten thee? and again, I will be to him for father, and he shall be to me for son?

General references

And thou shalt set the altar of burnt-offering before the entrance of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and that Jehovah thy God redeemed thee; therefore I command thee this thing to-day.

On these two commandments the whole law and the prophets hang.

for the Son of man has come to seek and to save that which is lost.

No one has greater love than this, that one should lay down his life for his friends.

Let brotherly love abide.