1 John 3:16

New Century Version

This is how we know what real love is: Jesus gave his life for us. So we should give our lives for our brothers and sisters.

Cross References

Matthew 20:28

In the same way, the Son of Man did not come to be served. He came to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many people.”

John 10:11

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.

John 10:15

just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I give my life for the sheep.

John 13:34

“I give you a new command: Love each other. You must love each other as I have loved you.

John 3:16

“God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son so that whoever believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life.

Acts 20:28

Be careful for yourselves and for all the people the Holy Spirit has given to you to oversee. You must be like shepherds to the church of God, which he bought with the death of his own son.

Romans 16:4

and who risked their own lives to save my life. I am thankful to them, and all the non-Jewish churches are thankful as well.

Romans 5:8

But God shows his great love for us in this way: Christ died for us while we were still sinners.

2 Corinthians 4:12

So death is working in us, but life is working in you.

Ephesians 5:2

Live a life of love just as Christ loved us and gave himself for us as a sweet-smelling offering and sacrifice to God.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself for it

Philippians 2:17

Your faith makes you offer your lives as a sacrifice in serving God. If I have to offer my own blood with your sacrifice, I will be happy and full of joy with all of you.

Philippians 2:30

because he almost died for the work of Christ. He risked his life to give me the help you could not give in your service to me.

1 Thessalonians 2:8

Because we loved you, we were happy to share not only God’s Good News with you, but even our own lives. You had become so dear to us!

Titus 2:13

We should live like that while we wait for our great hope and the coming of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 1:18

You know that in the past you were living in a worthless way, a way passed down from the people who lived before you. But you were saved from that useless life. You were bought, not with something that ruins like gold or silver,

1 Peter 2:24

Christ carried our sins in his body on the cross so we would stop living for sin and start living for what is right. And you are healed because of his wounds.

1 Peter 3:18

Christ himself suffered for sins once. He was not guilty, but he suffered for those who are guilty to bring you to God. His body was killed, but he was made alive in the spirit.

1 John 2:6

Whoever says that he lives in God must live as Jesus lived.

1 John 2:9

Anyone who says, “I am in the light,” but hates a brother or sister, is still in the darkness.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ. Jesus is the faithful witness, the first among those raised from the dead. He is the ruler of the kings of the earth. He is the One who loves us, who made us free from our sins with the blood of his death.

Revelation 5:9

And they all sang a new song to the Lamb: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were killed, and with the blood of your death you bought people for God from every tribe, language, people, and nation.