9This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.


In Context

6 We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood.

7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

1st John 4:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:9In 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:9By this hath the charity of God appeared towards us, because God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we may live by him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:9Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9Herein as to us has been manifested the love of God, that God has sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:9Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9In this was manifested the love of God towards us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9By this God's love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9In this was manifested the love of God in us, because His Son — the only begotten — hath God sent to the world, that we may live through him;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:9In 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.