1 John 3:16

New Living Translation

We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters.

Cross References

Matthew 20:28

For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

John 10:11

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

John 10:15

just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep.

John 13:34

So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.

John 3:16

“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

Acts 20:28

“So guard yourselves and God’s people. Feed and shepherd God’s flock—his church, purchased with his own blood—over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as leaders.

Romans 16:4

In fact, they once risked their lives for me. I am thankful to them, and so are all the Gentile churches.

Romans 5:8

But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.

2 Corinthians 4:12

So we live in the face of death, but this has resulted in eternal life for you.

Ephesians 5:2

Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God.

Ephesians 5:25

For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her

Philippians 2:17

But I will rejoice even if I lose my life, pouring it out like a liquid offering to God, just like your faithful service is an offering to God. And I want all of you to share that joy.

Philippians 2:30

For he risked his life for the work of Christ, and he was at the point of death while doing for me what you couldn’t do from far away.

1 Thessalonians 2:8

We loved you so much that we shared with you not only God’s Good News but our own lives, too.

Titus 2:13

while we look forward with hope to that wonderful day when the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be revealed.

1 Peter 1:18

For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value.

1 Peter 2:24

He personally carried our sins in his body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. By his wounds you are healed.

1 Peter 3:18

Christ suffered for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit.

1 John 2:6

Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did.

1 John 2:9

If anyone claims, “I am living in the light,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is still living in darkness.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ. He is the faithful witness to these things, the first to rise from the dead, and the ruler of all the kings of the world. All glory to him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by shedding his blood for us.

Revelation 5:9

And they sang a new song with these words: “You are worthy to take the scroll and break its seals and open it. For you were slaughtered, and your blood has ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.