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Related passages to 1 John 4:14 include Deuteronomy 7:9, Malachi 3:6, 1 John 4:13, 1 John 4:15, and 1 John 3, and more.

1 John 4:14 (ASV)

Passage

And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father hath sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world.

Nearby Context

1 John 4:12 No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:

1 John 4:13 hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

1 John 4:14 And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father hath sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world.

1 John 4:15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.

1 John 4:16 And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "world", "beheld", "bear", "witness", "father", "hath", "sent", and "saviour". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "world" and "beheld", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "hereby we know that we abide in..." into verse 15's "Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the...", so "world" and "beheld" belong inside that flow. In 1 John context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "world" and "beheld" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.