1 John 4:9
In this the divine love of God has been made manifest in us, because God has sent his only begotten Son into the world that we may live through him.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
8The one not loving with divine love does not know God; because God is divine love.
Cross References
Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor: hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and sight to the blind, and to set at liberty them that are bruised,
John 3:16For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that every one believing on Him may not perish but have eternal life.
John 5:23in order that all may honor the Son, as they may honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father who sent Him.
John 6:51I am the living bread, having come down from heaven; if any one may eat of me the bread, he will live forever: and the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.
John 8:29Truly the One having sent me is with me; He has not left me alone; because I always do those things which are pleasing to Him.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 4:8-14
Brotherly Love. ( a. d. 80.) 7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of 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 toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 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. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one… Read the whole commentary →