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


In Context

13 Don't be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.

14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn't love his brother remains in death.

15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.

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

17 But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?

18 My little children, let's not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:16In 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.

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 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.