1 John 4:14
12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth 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
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Read in contextJohn 3:16–17
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Read in contextJohn 4:42
And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
Read in contextJohn 1:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Read in contextJohn 1:29
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Read in context1 John 2:1–2
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
Read in contextJohn 15:26–27
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
Read in context1 John 5:9
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
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