1 John 3:16 — Bible Verse (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.”
1 John 3:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 John 3:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 John 3:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.”
1 John 3:16 — World English Bible
1 John 3:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. ”
1 John 3:16 — American Standard Version
1 John 3:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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;”
1 John 3:16 — Young's Literal Translation
1 John 3:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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. ”
1 John 3:16 — Darby Translation
1 John 3:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Hereby haue we perceiued loue, that he layde downe his life for vs: therefore we ought also to lay downe our liues for the brethren.”
1 John 3:16 — Geneva Bible
1 John 3:16 in Context — 1 John 3
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.
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What Does 1 John 3:16 Mean?
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