1 John 3:16 | |
NASB: We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. (NASB ©1995) GWT: We understand what love is when we realize that Christ gave his life for us. That means we must give our lives for other believers. (GOD'S WORD®) 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. ASV: Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 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. DBY: 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. WEY: We know what love is--through Christ's having laid down His life on our behalf; and in the same way we ought to lay down our lives for our brother men. WBS: 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. 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. John's Second Letter 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; | |
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