1 John 4:9

Which verses does 1 John 4:9 point to?

The 20 strongest of 24, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

1. John 3:1655 votes

   For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

2. 1 John 5:1144 votes

   And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

3. Romans 8:3231 votes

   He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?

4. John 6:5729 votes

   Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.

5. 1 John 4:1029 votes

   And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

6. John 11:25–2621 votes

   Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”

7. John 6:5120 votes

   I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”

8. John 10:1020 votes

   The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.

9. John 10:28–3020 votes

   I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand. …

10. 1 John 3:1619 votes

    By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

11. John 1:14–1818 votes
12. John 3:1818 votes
13. John 8:4216 votes
14. Hebrews 1:516 votes
15. Mark 12:615 votes
16. Luke 4:1815 votes
17. John 14:615 votes
18. 1 John 4:1615 votes

    And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

19. John 6:2914 votes
20. John 8:2914 votes

Which verses point to 1 John 4:9?

The 10 strongest of 73.

• John 3:16 704
• John 1:14 134
• Romans 5:8 97
• 1 Corinthians 13:13 81
• 1 John 3:16 62
• Luke 19:10 53
• John 15:13 47
• Galatians 5:22 43
• 1 John 3:1 34
• John 13:34 31