1 John 3:16

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters.

Cross References

Matthew 20:28

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

John 10:11

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

John 10:15

just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep.

John 13:34

I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.

John 3:16

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

Acts 20:28

Keep watch over yourselves and over all the flock, of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.

Romans 16:4

who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but also all the churches of the gentiles.

Romans 5:8

But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.

2 Corinthians 4:12

So death is at work in us but life in you.

Ephesians 5:2

and walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

Philippians 2:17

But even if I am being poured out as a libation over the sacrifice and the service of your faith, I rejoice, and I rejoice together with all of you;

Philippians 2:30

because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for those services that you could not give me.

1 Thessalonians 2:8

So deeply do we care for you that we are determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you have become very dear to us.

Titus 2:13

while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 1:18

You know that you were ransomed from the futile conduct inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold

1 Peter 2:24

He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that, having died to sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

1 John 2:6

whoever says, “I abide in him,” ought to walk in the same way as he walked.

1 John 2:9

Whoever says, “I am in the light,” while hating a brother or sister, is still in the darkness.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood

Revelation 5:9

They sing a new song: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to break its seals, for you were slaughtered and by your blood you ransomed for God saints from every tribe and language and people and nation;