1 John 4:9

Love Comes from God

8Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him. 10And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

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Berean Standard Bible
This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
Bible in Basic English
And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
By 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.
Free Bible Version
How was God's love shown to us? God sent his one and only Son into the world so that we could live through him.
Geneva Bible 1599
Herein was that loue of God made manifest amongst vs, because God sent that his onely begotten sonne into this world, that we might liue through him.
King James (Authorized) Version
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.
Translation for Translators
I will tell you how God has shown us that he loves us: He sent ◄his only Son/the only one who was also God► to live on the earth to enable us to live eternally as a result of our trusting in what he accomplished for us by dying for us.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Because of this the love of God was revealed among us, that God has sent his only Son into the world so that we would live because of him.
Noah Webster Bible
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.
World English Bible
By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his only born Son into the world that we might live through him.
Young's Literal Translation
In 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;