Or again, “i will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son”? Weymouth new testament for so greatly did god love the world that he gave his only son, that every one who trusts in him may not perish but may have the life of ages. For god so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Answer the phrase “only begotten son” occurs in john 3:16, which reads in the king james version as, for god so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. the phrase only begotten translates the greek word monogenes. Philemon 1:10 i beseech thee for my son onesimus, whom i have begotten in my bonds Psalms 2:7 i will declare the decree
The lord hath said unto me, thou [art] my son This day have i begotten thee Revelation 1:5 and from jesus christ, [who is] the faithful witness, [and] the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth.
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