1 John 4:9
1 John 4:7-10 The Message (MSG)
My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and experiences a relationship with God. The person who refuses to love doesn’t know the first thing about God, because God is love—so you can’t know him if you don’t love. This is how God showed his love for us: God sent his only Son into the world so we might live through him. This is the kind of love we are talking about—not that we once upon a time loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to clear away our sins and the damage they’ve done to our relationship with God.
1 John 4:9 King James Version (KJV)
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.
1 John 4:9 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him.
1 John 4:9 New Century Version (NCV)
This is how God showed his love to us: He sent his one and only Son into the world so that we could have life through him.
1 John 4:9 American Standard Version (ASV)
Herein 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.
1 John 4:9 New International Version (NIV)
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.
1 John 4:9 New King James Version (NKJV)
In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.
1 John 4:9 Amplified Bible (AMP)
By this the love of God was displayed in us, in that God has sent His [One and] only begotten Son [the One who is truly unique, the only One of His kind] into the world so that we might live through Him.
1 John 4:9 New Living Translation (NLT)
God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him.
1 John 4:9 The Passion Translation (TPT)
The light of God’s love shined within us when he sent his matchless Son into the world so that we might live through him.
