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;


In Context

13 Do not wonder, my brethren, if the world doth hate you;

14 we — we have known that we have passed out of the death to the life, because we love the brethren; he who is not loving the brother doth remain in the death.

15 Every one who is hating his brother — a man-killer he is, and ye have known that no man-killer hath life age-during in him remaining,

16 in 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;

17 and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him — how doth the love of God remain in him?

18 My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word 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 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 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 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.