1 Yohana 4:9
1 John 4:9 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Hivi ndivyo Mungu alivyoonyesha pendo lake kwetu: Mungu alimtuma Mwanawe wa pekee ulimwenguni, ili tupate uzima kupitia kwake.
1 John 4:9 in English
1 John 4:9 · Berean Standard Bible
This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only * Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
Context
7Wapendwa, tupendane, kwa kuwa pendo latoka kwa Mungu. Kila apendaye amezaliwa na Mungu, naye anamjua Mungu. 8Yeye asiyependa hamjui Mungu, kwa sababu Mungu ni pendo. 9Hivi ndivyo Mungu alivyoonyesha pendo lake kwetu: Mungu alimtuma Mwanawe wa pekee ulimwenguni, ili tupate uzima kupitia kwake. 10Hili ndilo pendo: si kwamba tulimpenda Mungu, bali yeye alitupenda, akamtuma Mwanawe, ili yeye awe dhabihu ya upatanisho kwa ajili ya dhambi zetu. 11Marafiki wapendwa, kama Mungu alivyotupenda sisi, imetupasa na sisi kupendana.
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