I John 3:16
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 I John 3:16 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
We have learned to know what love is from this — that Christ laid down his life on our behalf. Therefore we also ought to lay down our lives for each other.
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Hieran haben wir die Liebe erkannt, daß er für uns sein Leben dargelegt hat; auch wir sind schuldig, für die Brüder das Leben darzulegen.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
En esto hemos conocido el amor, porque él puso su vida por nosotros: también nosotros debemos poner nuestras vidas por los hermanos.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Nisto conhecemos o amor: ele deu a sua vida por nós. E nós devemos dar as nossas vidas pelos irmãos.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Por isso nós conhecemos o amor, porque Cristo deu a Sua vida por nós. Nós também devemos dar as nossas vidas pelos nossos irmãos.
📖 I John 3:16 in Context
14We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
15Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
16Hereby 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.
17But 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?
18My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
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