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1 John 4:9
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Knowing God Through Love

7 aBeloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who bloves is born of God and knows God.  
8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
9 aIn this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten bSon into the world, that we might live through Him.  
10 In this is love, anot that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son bto be the propitiation for our sins.  
11 Beloved, aif God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.  

Seeing God Through Love

12 aNo one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.  
13 aBy this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.  
14 And awe have seen and testify that bthe Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.  
15 aWhoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.  
16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and ahe who abides in love abides in God, and God bin him.  
Verse Comparison: 1 John 4:9

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
In this the love of God was made manifest (displayed) where we are concerned: in that God sent His Son, the only begotten {or} unique [Son], into the world so that we might live through Him.

Contemporary English Version
God showed his love for us when he sent his only Son into the world to give us life.

Darby English Version
Herein as to us has been manifested the love of God, that God has sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

Good News Bible
And God showed his love for us by sending his only Son into the world, so that we might have life through him.

International Standard Version
This is how God's love was revealed among us: God sent his unique Son into the world so that we might live through him.

King James 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.

New American Standard Bible
By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him.

New International Version
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

New King James Version
In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
By this the love of God manifested itself in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so 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;


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