just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.’
1 John 3:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised This is how we have come to know love: He laid down his life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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. |
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.’
‘I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
‘I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another.
For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood.
who risked their own necks for my life. Not only do I thank them, but so do all the Gentile churches.
But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her
But even if I am poured out as a drink offering on the sacrificial service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.
because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up what was lacking in your ministry to me.
We cared so much for you that we were pleased to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.
while we wait for the blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold,
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree; so that, having died to sins, we might live for righteousness. By his wounds , you have been healed.
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh , but made alive by the Spirit,
The one who says he is in the light but hates his brother or sister is in the darkness until now.
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has set us free from our sins by his blood,
And they sang a new song: You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slaughtered, and you purchased people for God by your blood from every tribe and language and people and nation.