Verse
1 John 3:16 — Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for…
“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.”
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The verses around 1 John 3:16.
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.
Verse explanation
Linking “love” to the willingness to lay down one’s life for the brethren uses Christ’s example as the ultimate standard, but applies that standard to concrete everyday gestures, as the text itself details in the next verse about helping someone in need.
From the 1 John 3 study in Bible in Stories.
1 John 3:16 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
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.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Conhecemos a caridade n'isto, que elle deu a sua vida por nós, e nós devemos dar a vida pelos irmãos.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Nisto conhecemos o amor: ele deu a sua vida por nós. E nós devemos dar as [nossas] vidas pelos irmãos.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Así es como sabemos qué es el amor: Jesús entregó su vida por nosotros, y nosotros debemos entregar nuestras vidas por nuestros hermanos en la fe.
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