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.


In Context

6 We are of God. He that knoweth God, heareth us; he that is not of God, heareth not us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is from God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

8 He that loveth not, knoweth not God; for God is love.

9 In 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.

10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

1 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:9This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

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 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.