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I John 3:Verse 16

KJV
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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.

1 John 4:91 John 4:111 John 4:91 John 4:11Ephesians 5:2
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King James VersionPrimary
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.

American King James Version
AKJV

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 brothers.

KJV with Apocrypha
KJVA

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.

Bible in Basic English
BBE

In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.

Young's Literal Translation
YLT

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;

New Heart English Bible
NHEB

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

NHEB Messianic Edition
NHEBME

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

NHEB Jehovah Edition
NHEBJE

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

Darby Translation
Darby

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

Webster Bible
Webster

By 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.

Geneva Bible 1599
Geneva1599

Hereby haue we perceiued loue, that he layde downe his life for vs: therefore we ought also to lay downe our liues for the brethren.

Douay-Rheims
DRC

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.

Rotherham Bible
Rotherham

Hereby, have we come to understand love: in that, He, for us, his life laid down; and, we, ought, for the brethren, our lives to lay down.

Literal Translation
LITV

By this we have known the love of God , because that One laid down His life for us; and on behalf of the brothers we ought to lay down our lives.

Modern King James
MKJV

By this we have known the love of God, because He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

Updated King James
UKJV

Hereby perceive we the love (o. agape) of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

Lexham English Bible
LEB

We have come to know love by this: that ⌞he⌟ laid down his life on behalf of us, and we ought to lay down our lives on behalf of the brothers.

Catholic Public Domain
CPDV

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.

Berean Study Bible
BSB

By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

Revised Webster
RWebster

By 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.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Wycliffe

In this thing we han knowe the charite of God, for he puttide his lijf for vs, and we owen to putte oure lyues for oure britheren.

Noyes Translation (1869)
Noyes

Herein we know love, in that he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

Anderson New Testament
Anderson

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

Twentieth Century NT
TCNT

We have learned to know what love is from this — that Christ laid down his life on our behalf. Therefore we also ought to lay down our lives on behalf of our Brothers.

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