1 John 4:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἡμεῖς τεθεάμεθα καὶ μαρτυροῦμεν ὅτι ὁ Πατὴρ ἀπέσταλκεν τὸν Υἱὸν Σωτῆρα τοῦ κόσμου.

Transliteration

And hēmeis tetheametha and martyroumen that the Patēr apestalken the Huion Sōtēra of the kosmou.

Grammar Details

• *hēmeis*: nominative, plural - we
• *tetheametha*: perfect middle/passive indicative, 1st plural - we have seen
• *martyroumen*: present active indicative, 1st plural - we testify/we bear witness
• *Patēr*: nominative, masculine, singular - Father
• *apestalken*: perfect active indicative, 3rd singular - has sent
• *Huion*: accusative, masculine, singular - Son
• *Sōtēra*: accusative, masculine, singular - Savior
• *kosmou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of world

Word Meanings

• *tetheametha*: we have seen/we have beheld/we have observed
• *martyroumen*: we testify/we bear witness/we declare
• *apestalken*: has sent/has dispatched/has commissioned
• *Sōtēra*: Savior/Deliverer/Rescuer
• *kosmou*: world/universe/ordered system

Referenced Verses

• John 4:42 : 42 and they said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy speaking: for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world.
• John 1:14 : 14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.
• John 3:16-17 : 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.
• John 15:26-27 : 26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall bear witness of me: 27 and ye also bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
• 1 John 4:10 : 10 Herein {G5129} is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.
• 1 John 5:9 : 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for the witness of God is this, that he hath borne witness concerning his Son.
• Acts 18:5 : 5 But when {G5037} Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was constrained by the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
• 1 Pet 5:12 : 12 By Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I account [him], I have written unto you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand ye fast {G3739} therein.
• 1 John 1:1-3 : 1 That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life 2 (and the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare unto you the life, the eternal [life], which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us); 3 that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ:
• 1 John 2:1-2 : 1 My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 2 and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
• John 3:32 : 32 {G2532} What he hath seen and heard, of that he beareth witness; and no man receiveth his witness.
• John 3:34 : 34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for he giveth not the Spirit by measure.
• John 1:29 : 29 On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world!
• John 3:11 : 11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and bear witness of that which we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
• John 5:36-37 : 36 But the witness which I have is greater than [that of] John; for the works which the Father hath given me to accomplish, the very works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. 37 And the Father that sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.
• John 5:39 : 39 Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;
• John 10:36 : 36 say ye of him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am [the] Son of God?
• John 12:47 : 47 And if any man hear my sayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.