was.

1 John 3:16
By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Romans 5:8-10
But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. . . .

Romans 8:32
He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?

God sent.

1 John 4:10
And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

Luke 4:18
"The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim deliverance to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,

John 5:23
so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

John 6:29
Jesus replied, "The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent."

John 8:29, 42
He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him." . . .

only.

Psalm 2:7
I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: "You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.

Mark 12:6
Finally, having one beloved son, he sent him to them. 'They will respect my son, ' he said.

John 1:14-18
The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. . . .

John 3:18
Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.

Hebrews 1:5
For to which of the angels did God ever say: "You are my Son; today I have become Your Father"? Or again: "I will be His Father, and He will be My Son"?

we.

1 John 5:11
And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

John 6:51, 57
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh." . . .

John 10:10, 28-30
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness. . . .

John 11:25, 26
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me will live, even though he dies. . . .

John 14:6
Jesus answered, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Colossians 3:3, 4
For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. . . .