As the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his soul a ransom for many.
1 John 3:16 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 In this have we known love, for he set his soul for us: and we ought to set the souls for the brethren. 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. |
As the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his soul a ransom for many.
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
As the Father knows me, I also know the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
A new command give I to you, That ye love one another: as I loved you, that ye also love one another.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that every one believing in him perish not, but have eternal life.
Attend therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit set you inspectors, to feed the church of God, which he acquired by his own blood.
Who for my soul have laid down their own necks: to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the nations.
And God recommends his own love to us, that we yet being sinful, Christ died for us.
And walk ye in love, as also Christ loved us, and gave himself for us a gift and sacrifice to God for a smell of sweet odor.
Husbands, love your own wives, as also Christ loved the church, and delivered himself up for it;
But if also I am poured out upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice together with you all.
Because for the work of Christ he drew near to death, having exposed the soul to danger, that he might fill up your want of service to me.
So longing for you, we are contented to impart to you, not only the good news of God, but also our own souls, because ye are dearly beloved to us.
Expecting the blessed hope, and apppearance of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
Knowing that not with corruptible things, silver and gold, were ye redeemed from your vain mode of life transmitted from your fathers
Who himself bear up our sins in his body upon the wood, that we, removed from sins, should live to justice: by whose bloody mark ye were healed.
For Christ also once suffered for sins, the just one for the unjust, that he might bring us near to God, truly put to death in the flesh, and made alive by the Spirit:
He saying he remains in him ought, as he walked about, so also he to walk about.
He saying he is in the light, and hating his brother, is in the darkness even until now.
And from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first born from the dead, and the chief of the kings of the earth. To him having loved us, and washed us from our sins in his blood,
And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open its seals: for thou wert slain, and didst purchase us to God by thy blood from every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation;