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Byἐνthisτούτῳthe loveἡ ἀγάπηof Godτοῦ θεοῦwas revealedἐφανερώθηamongἐνus:ἡμῖνthatὅτιGodὁ θεὸςhas sentἀπέσταλκενhis onlyτὸν μονογενῆSonτὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦintoεἰςthe worldτὸν κόσμονso thatἵναwe might liveζήσωμενthroughδι’him.αὐτοῦ
1 John 4:9
Study it in the app“By this the love of God was revealed among us: that God has sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him.”
Love is not that we loved, but that God sent his SonThe CrossJohn says God is love, and his love showed when he sent his SonLove
With the Greek beneath
1 John 4:9, word by word
- the loveἀγάπηagapē
love
Love that gives itself, seeking the other's good, like God's.
Where else “agapē” appears- of Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- was revealedἐφανερώθηephanerōthē
reveal, make known
Reveal, show, make known.
Where else “ephanerōthē” appears- has sentἀπέσταλκενapestalken
send
To send someone somewhere on an errand, on behalf of the sender.
Where else “apestalken” appears- his onlyμονογενῆmonogenē
only, unique
Only, unique; the only one of its kind.
Where else “monogenē” appears- Sonυἱὸνhuion
Son
Jesus, the Son of God.
Where else “huion” appears- the worldκόσμονkosmon
creation
Everything God made.
Where else “kosmon” appears- we might liveζήσωμενzēsōmen
live
To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.
Where else “zēsōmen” appears
The context
8Whoever does not love has not known God, because God is love.
9 · This verse (above)
10In this is love, not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as the expiation for our sins.
To study 1 John 4 in a group
1. What it says
What does John ask us to do with every spirit, and why (v. 1-3)?
2. What it means
John says, "God is love" (v. 8, 16). How does the text show that love, and what does it expect of us (v. 9-11)?
3. How I live it
John writes that perfect love casts out fear (v. 18). What fear would you like to hand to God today?