1 John 4:14

And we saw, and witness (or testify), that the Father sent his Son (as the) Saviour of the world.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

In Context

13In this thing we know, that we dwell in him, and he in us; for of his Spirit he gave to us (or for he gave his Spirit to us).

15Whoever acknowledgeth, that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.

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Cross References

John 1:29Another (or The next) day John saw Jesus coming to him, and he said, Lo! the lamb of God; lo! he that doeth away the sins of the world.

John 3:16For God loved so the world [or Forsooth God so loved the world], that he gave his one begotten Son, that each man that believeth in him perish not, but have everlasting life (or but have eternal life).

John 3:34But he whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God; for not to measure God giveth the Spirit.

John 5:36But I have more witnessing than John, for the works that my Father gave to me to perform them [or forsooth the works that my Father gave me that I perform them], those works that I do bear witnessing of me, that the Father sent me. (But I have a greater witness than John, or But I have better testimony than John’s, for the works that my Father gave to me to complete, or to finish, those works that I do testify about me, that the Father sent me.)

John 10:36that that the Father hath hallowed, and hath sent into the world, ye say, That thou blasphemest, for I said, I am God’s Son?

John 15:26But when the Comforter shall come, which I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, which cometh forth [or proceedeth] of the Father, he shall bear witnessing of me; (But when the Comforter shall come, whom I shall send to you from the Father, yea the Spirit of Truth, who cometh forth from the Father, he shall testify about me;)

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 →

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