1 JOHN 4:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.”
And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world — the apostolic testimony (martureo) is grounded in vision (theaomai). The Father's sending (apostello) and Christ's saving role establish his cosmic significance. The world's Savior language resonates against political messianism.
Church Fathers on 1 John 4:14
“And we have seen, and are witnesses, that God has sent His Son to be the Saviour of the world.” 1 John 4:14 Set your minds at rest, you that are sick: such a Physician has come, and do ye despair? Great were the diseases, incurable were the wounds, desperate was the sickness. Do you note the greatness of your ill, and not note the omnipotence of the Physician? You are desperate, but He is omnipotent; Whose witnesses are these that first were healed, and that announce the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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