KJV King James Version
And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world.
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1 John 4:14
And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
WEB World English Bible
We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.
ASV American Standard Version
And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father hath sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And we—we have seen and do testify, that the Father hath sent the Son—Saviour of the world;
Surrounding context — 1 John 4
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world.
15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
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καὶG2532 · kaiandἡμεῖςG3165 · memeτεθεάμεθαG2300 · theaomaito look atκαὶG2532 · kaiandμαρτυροῦμενG3140 · martureōto testifyὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoπατὴρG3962 · patērfatherἀπέσταλκενG649 · apostellōto sendτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoυἱὸνG5207 · uhiossonσωτῆραG4990 · sōtērsaviorτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoκόσμου.G2889 · kosmosworld
Cross-references
1 John 4:10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.John 3:16-17For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.John 4:42And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard [him] ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.John 1:14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.John 15:26-27But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:1 John 2:1-2My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:John 1:29The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.1 Peter 5:12By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.1 John 5:9If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.John 12:47And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.John 5:39Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.1 John 1:1-3That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;John 3:34For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure [unto him].John 5:36-37But I have greater witness than [that] of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.John 10:36Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?Acts 18:5And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews [that] Jesus [was] Christ.John 3:11Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.John 3:32And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.
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