New Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 John 3:16
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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.
BSB text & permissions
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.
KJV text & permissions
By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
ASV text & permissions
In this we have known love, because He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down [our] lives for [our] brothers.
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