1 John 4:14
12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
13 By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.
And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
15 If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
16 And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
- KJV
- And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
- WEB
- We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.
- ASV
- And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father hath sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world.
- DARBY
- And *we* have seen, and testify, that the Father has sent the Son [as] Saviour of the world.
- BLB
- And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son [as] Savior of the world.
- ÅB
- Og vi har sett og vitner at Faren har sendt sin Sønn til frelse for verden.
- OTB
- Vi har sett og vitner om at Faderen har sendt Sønnen til å være verdens Frelser.
- B1930
- Og vi har sett og vidner at Faderen har sendt sin Sønn til frelse for verden.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 John 4:10
And 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.
Read in contextJohn 3:16–17
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Read in contextJohn 4:42
They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”
Read in contextJohn 1:14
The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Read in contextJohn 1:29
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
Read in context1 John 2:1–2
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
Read in contextJohn 15:26–27
When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.
Read in context1 John 5:9
Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.
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