1 John
1 John 4:9
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.
| 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.
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.