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.

Bible References

Was

1 John 3:16
Herein we know love, in that he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave the only begotten Son, that every one who believeth in him may not perish, but may have everlasting life.
Romans 5:8
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 8:32
He who spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?

God sent

1 John 4:10
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins.
Luke 4:18
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he anointed me to preach glad tidings to the poor; he hath sent me to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty the oppressed,
John 5:23
that all may honor the Son, as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father, who sent him.
John 6:29
Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he sent.
John 8:29
And he that sent me is with me; he hath not left me alone, for I always do the things that please him.

Only

Mark 12:6
Still he had one beloved son; he sent him last to them, saying, They will respect my son.
John 1:14
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; and we beheld his glory, a glory as of an only begotten of a father.
John 3:18
He that believeth in him is not condemned; he that believeth not hath already been condemned, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Hebrews 1:5
For to which of the angels did he ever say: "Thou art my Son, I this day have begotten thee?" and again: "I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?"

General references

Matthew 22:40
On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.
Luke 19:10
for the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.
John 15:13
Greater love hath no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
Hebrews 13:1
Let brotherly love continue.