1 John
1 John 4:8–9
8Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
9This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and onlyc Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
Footnotes
- c 4:9 Or only begotten or unique
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
1 John 4:8
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whoever | ὁ | ho | Article - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| does not love | ἀγαπῶν | agapōn | Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular | G25 I love |
| does not know | ἔγνω | egnō | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1097 I come to know, learn, realize |
| God | Θεόν | Theon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| because | ὅτι | hoti | Conjunction | G3754 that, since, because |
| God | Θεὸς | Theos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| is | ἐστίν | estin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1510 I am, exist |
| love | ἀγάπη | agapē | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G26 love |
1 John 4:9
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This is how | Ἐν | En | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| God’s | Θεοῦ | Theou | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| love | ἀγάπη | agapē | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G26 love |
| was revealed | ἐφανερώθη | ephanerōthē | Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G5319 I make clear, visible, or manifest |
| among | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| us | ἡμῖν | hēmin | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural | G1473 I |
| God | Θεὸς | Theos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| sent | ἀπέσταλκεν | apestalken | Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G649 I send forth, send, send away, dismiss |
| His | αὐτοῦ | autou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| one and only | μονογενῆ | monogenē | Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular | G3439 only, only-begotten, unique |
| Son | Υἱὸν | Huion | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G5207 a son, descendent |
| into | εἰς | eis | Preposition | G1519 into, in, among, till, for |
| the | τὸν | ton | Article - Accusative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| world | κόσμον | kosmon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G2889 the world, universe |
| so that | ἵνα | hina | Conjunction | G2443 in order that, so that |
| we might live | ζήσωμεν | zēsōmen | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural | G2198 I live |
| through | δι’ | di’ | Preposition | G1223 through, on account of |
| Him | αὐτοῦ | autou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
1 John 4:8 1 John 4:16 · 1 John 4:7 · Psalm 86:15 · 2 Corinthians 13:11 · Psalm 86:5 · Ephesians 2:4 · Exodus 34:6–7 · 1 John 1:5 · 1 John 3:6 · 1 John 2:9 · John 8:54–55 · 1 John 2:4
1 John 4:9 John 3:16 · 1 John 5:11 · Romans 8:32 · John 6:57 · 1 John 4:10 · John 11:25–26 · John 6:51 · John 10:28–30 · John 10:10 · 1 John 3:16 · John 1:14–18 · John 3:18
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.