1 John 3:16
King James Version (KJV)
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
In context
14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
17 But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
1 John 3:16 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
- WEB World English Bible
- By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- 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.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;
- DBY Darby Translation
- Hereby we have known love, because he has laid down his life for us; and we ought for the brethren to lay down [our] lives.
- WBS Webster Bible
- By this we perceive the love of God , because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.