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1 John 3:16

Love for othersThe cross and atonementJesus ChristServing others

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.

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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BSB
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.
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.
WEB
By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
ASV
Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
DARBY
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.
BLB
In this we have known love, because He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down [our] lives for [our] brothers.
ÅB
På det kjenner vi kjærligheten at han satte sitt liv til for oss; også vi er skyldige å sette livet til for brødrene.
OTB
Vi forstår kjærlighet ved dette, at Han ga sitt liv for oss; og vi burde gi våre liv for våre brødre og søstre.
B1930
På det kjenner vi kjærligheten at han satte sitt liv til for oss; også vi er skyldige å sette livet til for brødrene.

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Cross references

  • 1 John 4:9–11

    In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

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  • Ephesians 5:2

    And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

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  • John 13:34

    A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

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  • John 3:16

    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.

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  • Romans 5:8

    But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

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  • John 15:12–13

    This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

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  • 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. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

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  • 1 Peter 3:18

    For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

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