16In 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.


In Context

13 Wonder not, brethren, if the world hate you.

14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not, abideth in death.

15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer. And you know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in himself.

16 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.

17 He that hath the substance of this world, and shall see his brother in need, and shall shut up his bowels from him: how doth the charity of God abide in him?

18 My little children, let us not love in word, nor in tongue, but in deed, and in truth.

1 John 3:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:16Hereby 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:16This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:16Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16Hereby we have known love, because he has laid down his life for us; and we ought for the brethren to lay down our lives.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:16Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:16Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.