1 John 3:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁶ Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ By this we come to know (progressively to recognize, to perceive, to understand) the [essential] love: that He laid down His [own] life for us; and we ought to lay [our] lives down for [those who are our] brothers [in Him].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ This is how we know love: Jesus laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ We know the love of God in this way: because he laid down his life for us. And so, we must lay down our lives for our brothers.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ In this we have known the charity of God, because he hath laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

1 John 3:16 Cross References

Matthew 20:28

even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

John 10:11

I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.

John 10:15

even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.

John 13:34

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

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Acts 20:28

Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in the which the Holy Ghost hath made you bishops, to feed the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood.

Romans 16:4

who for my life laid down their own necks; unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles:

Romans 5:8

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

2 Corinthians 4:12

So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

Ephesians 5:2

and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

Philippians 2:17

Yea, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all:

Philippians 2:30

because for the work of Christ he came nigh unto death, hazarding his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.

1 Thessalonians 2:8

even so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were well pleased to impart unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were become very dear to us.

Titus 2:13

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;

1 Peter 1:18

knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;

1 Peter 2:24

who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.

1 Peter 3:18

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but quickened in the spirit;

1 John 2:6

he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.

1 John 2:9

He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood;

Revelation 5:9

And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood men of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,