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1 John 4:9
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was: 1 John 3:16, John 3:16, Romans 5:8-10, Romans 8:32
God sent: 1 John 4:10, Luke 4:18, John 5:23, John 6:29, John 8:29, John 8:42
only: Psalms 2:7, Mark 12:6, John 1:14-18, John 3:18, Hebrews 1:5
we: 1 John 5:11, John 6:51, John 6:57, John 10:10, John 10:28-30, John 11:25, John 11:26, John 14:6, Colossians 3:3, Colossians 3:4
Reciprocal: Genesis 22:2 - Take Genesis 22:12 - seeing Exodus 40:6 - General Leviticus 4:31 - a sweet Leviticus 4:35 - and the priest shall make Deuteronomy 15:15 - General Psalms 36:7 - How Psalms 47:4 - whom Psalms 86:5 - thou Proverbs 8:24 - I was Isaiah 53:10 - he hath Isaiah 63:9 - in his Zechariah 2:8 - sent Zechariah 13:7 - smite Mark 9:7 - This Luke 1:78 - tender Luke 2:14 - good Luke 19:10 - General Luke 20:13 - I will John 1:18 - the only John 1:34 - this John 7:29 - for John 10:36 - sent John 11:36 - Behold John 11:42 - that thou Romans 1:3 - his Son Romans 4:25 - Who was Romans 5:15 - and the gift Romans 8:39 - love 2 Corinthians 5:15 - that they 2 Corinthians 9:15 - his Galatians 2:20 - the Son Galatians 4:4 - God Ephesians 3:19 - to know Colossians 1:20 - having made peace 2 Thessalonians 2:16 - which 1 Timothy 1:15 - that Hebrews 1:6 - And again Hebrews 2:9 - by 1 Peter 1:20 - but 1 John 3:5 - he 1 John 4:16 - we
Cross-References
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of their fat. And Jehovah looked upon Abel, and on his offering;
Hevel also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and of the fat of it. The LORD respected Hevel and his offering,
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering;
And Abel gave an offering of the young lambs of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord was pleased with Abel's offering;
Habel also brought of the firstlynges of his sheepe, & of the fatte thereof: and the Lorde had respect vnto Habel, and to his oblation.
And Habel also him selfe brought of the first fruites of his sheepe, and of the fat of them, and the Lorde had respect vnto Habel, and to his offering,
And Abel also brought of the first-born of his flock and of the fatlings thereof. And the LORD was pleased with Abel and with his offering;
Then Abel brought the first lamb born to one of his sheep, killed it, and gave the best parts of it as an offering. The Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering,
And Abel also brought of the first born of his sheep and of his fatlings, and God looked upon Abel and his gifts,
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
Gill's Notes on the Bible
In this was manifested the love of God towards us,.... The love of God here spoken of, and instanced in, is not his general love to all his creatures, which is shown in the make of them, and in the support of them in their beings, and in his providential care of them, and kindness to them; but his special love towards his elect, and which was before it was manifested; it was secretly in his heart from everlasting, and did not begin to be at the mission of Christ into the world, but was then in a most glaring manner manifested: there were several acts of it before, as the choice of them in Christ, the appointment of him to be their Saviour, and the covenant of grace made with him on their account; these were more secret and hidden; but now the love and kindness of God appeared, broke forth, and shone out in its glory; this is a most flagrant and notorious instance of it, in which it is exceedingly conspicuous; this is a most clear proof, a plain and full demonstration of it:
because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world; the sender is God the Father, who is distinguished from the Son that is sent; of which act of sending, :- and
:-; and for him, who is that God against whom we have sinned, and is that lawgiver that is able to save, and to destroy, and of purer eyes than to behold iniquity, to send his Son to be the Saviour of sinful men is an amazing instance of love; and which appears the more manifest, when it is observed that it is "his only begotten Son" that is sent; of which :-; and the place he was sent into is the world, where his people are, and where their sins are committed, he came to expiate; and where he was treated with great indignity and contempt, and suffered many things, and at last death itself: the end of his mission was,
that we might live through him; who were dead in Adam, dead in sin, and dead in law, and could not quicken themselves; nor obtain eternal life for themselves, by their performances. Christ came, being sent, that they might have life, and that more abundantly than Adam had in innocence, or man lost by the fall; and accordingly they were quickened together with him; when he was quickened, after he had been put to death, they were virtually and representatively quickened and justified in him; and in consequence of his death and resurrection from the dead, they are regenerated and made spiritually alive, and live unto righteousness; and through his righteousness wrought out for them, and imputed to them, they are in a legal sense alive unto God, and alive and comfortable in their own souls, living by faith on Christ, and have a right and title to eternal life; and which they also have through him, and which is chiefly intended here; for the design is not only that they may live spiritually and comfortably here, but eternally hereafter.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
In this was manifested the love of God - That is, in an eminent manner, or this was a most signal proof of it. The apostle does not mean to say that it has been manifested in no other way, but that this was so prominent an instance of his love, that all the other manifestations of it seemed absorbed and lost in this.
Because that God sent his only begotten Son ... - See the notes at John 3:16.
That we might live through him - He died that we might have eternal life through the merits of his sacrifice. The “measure” of that love, then, which was manifested in the gift of a Saviour, is to be found,
(1)In the worth of the soul;
(2)In its exposure to eternal death;
(3)In the greatness of the gift;
(4)In the greatness of his sorrows for us; and,
(5)In the immortal blessedness and joy to which he will raise us.
Who can estimate all this? All these things will magnify themselves as we draw near to eternity; and in that eternity to which we go, whether saved or lost, we shall have an ever-expanding view of the wonderful love of God.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 9. In this was manifested the love of God — The mission of Jesus Christ was the fullest proof that God could give, or that man could receive, of his infinite love to the world.
That we might live through him. — The whole world was sentenced to death because of sin; and every individual was dead in trespasses and sins; and Jesus came to die in the stead of the world, and to quicken every believer, that all might live to him who died for them and rose again. This is another strong allusion to John 3:16: God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life; where the reader is requested to see the note.
