1 John 3:16

Good News Translation

This is how we know what love is: Christ gave his life for us. We too, then, ought to give our lives for others!

Cross References

Matthew 20:28

like the Son of Man, who did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life to redeem many people.”

John 10:11

“I am the good shepherd, who is willing to die for the sheep.

John 13:34

And now I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

John 3:16

For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life.

Acts 20:28

So keep watch over yourselves and over all the flock which the Holy Spirit has placed in your care. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he made his own through the blood of his Son.

Romans 16:4

they risked their lives for me. I am grateful to them—not only I, but all the Gentile churches as well.

Romans 5:8

But God has shown us how much he loves us—it was while we were still sinners that Christ died for us!

2 Corinthians 4:12

This means that death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

Ephesians 5:2

Your life must be controlled by love, just as Christ loved us and gave his life for us as a sweet-smelling offering and sacrifice that pleases God.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it.

Philippians 2:17

Perhaps my life's blood is to be poured out like an offering on the sacrifice that your faith offers to God. If that is so, I am glad and share my joy with you all.

Philippians 2:30

because he risked his life and nearly died for the sake of the work of Christ, in order to give me the help that you yourselves could not give.

1 Thessalonians 2:8

Because of our love for you we were ready to share with you not only the Good News from God but even our own lives. You were so dear to us!

Titus 2:13

as we wait for the blessed Day we hope for, when the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ will appear.

1 Peter 1:18

For you know what was paid to set you free from the worthless manner of life handed down by your ancestors. It was not something that can be destroyed, such as silver or gold;

1 Peter 2:24

Christ himself carried our sins in his body to the cross, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness. It is by his wounds that you have been healed.

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ died for sins once and for all, a good man on behalf of sinners, in order to lead you to God. He was put to death physically, but made alive spiritually,

1 John 2:6

if we say that we remain in union with God, we should live just as Jesus Christ did.

1 John 2:9

If we say that we are in the light, yet hate others, we are in the darkness to this very hour.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first to be raised from death and who is also the ruler of the kings of the world. He loves us, and by his sacrificial death he has freed us from our sins

Revelation 5:9

They sang a new song: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to break open its seals. For you were killed, and by your sacrificial death you bought for God people from every tribe, language, nation, and race.