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1 John 4:14 — King James Version← Study notes

And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.


1 John 4:14Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 John 4:1414 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
ἡμεῖςhēmeis
we ourselvespronounG1473
τεθεάμεθαtetheametha
have seenverbG2300
καὶkai
andwordG2532
μαρτυροῦμενmartyroumen
testifyverbG3140
ὅτιhoti
thatwordG3754
ho
thearticleG3588
πατὴρpatēr
FathernounG3962
ἀπέσταλκενapestalken
has sentverbG649
τὸνton
thearticleG3588
υἱὸνhyion
Son asnounG5207
σωτῆραsōtēra
SaviornounG4990
τοῦtou
of thearticleG3588
κόσμουkosmou
worldnounG2889
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

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…

Augustine · 4th century · Homily 8 on the First Epistle of John
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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