1 John 3:16
King James Version (KJV)
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
World English Bible (WEB)
By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
1 John 3:16 Cross References
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
