Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
toward us—Greek, "in our case."
sent—Greek, "hath sent."
into the world—a proof against Socinians, that the Son existed before He was "sent into the world." Otherwise, too, He could not have been our life (I John 4:9), our "propitiation" (I John 4:10), or our "Saviour" (I John 4:14). It is the grand proof of God's love, His having sent "His only-begotten Son, that we might live through Him," who is the Life, and who has redeemed our forfeited life; and it is also the grand motive to our mutual love.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 John 4:9:
Song of Solomon 1:3
John 1:9
Ephesians 1:6
1 John 4:2
1 John 4:7
1 John 4:7
1 John 4:9
1 John 4:16
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