1 John 3:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • John 3:16 : 16 For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.
  • 1 John 4:9-9 : 9 And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him. 10 And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins. 11 My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.
  • John 13:34 : 34 I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.
  • Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood;
  • Phil 2:17 : 17 And even if I am offered like a drink offering, giving myself for the cause and work of your faith, I am glad and have joy with you all:
  • Rom 5:8 : 8 But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us.
  • Titus 2:13 : 13 Looking for the glad hope, the revelation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
  • Matt 20:28 : 28 Even as the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.
  • 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 Because Christ once went through pain for sins, the upright one taking the place of sinners, so that through him we might come back to God; being put to death in the flesh, but given life in the Spirit;
  • 1 John 2:6 : 6 He who says that he is living in him, will do as he did.
  • Rom 16:4 : 4 Who for my life put their necks in danger; to whom not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are in debt:
  • John 15:12-13 : 12 This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you. 13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.
  • John 10:15 : 15 Even as the Father has knowledge of me and I of the Father; and I am giving my life for the sheep.
  • Eph 5:25 : 25 Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it;
  • Rev 5:9 : 9 And their voices are sounding in a new song, saying, It is right for you to take the book and to make it open: for you were put to death and have made an offering to God of your blood for men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,
  • 1 Pet 1:18 : 18 Being conscious that you have been made free from that foolish way of life which was your heritage from your fathers, not through a payment of things like silver or gold which come to destruction,
  • Phil 2:30 : 30 Because for the work of Christ he was near to death, putting his life in danger to make your care for me complete.
  • 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.

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  • 1 John 3:10-15
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    10 In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.

    11 Because this is the word which was given to you from the first, that we are to have love for one another;

    12 Not being of the Evil One like Cain, who put his brother to death. And why did he put him to death? Because his works were evil and his brother's works were good.

    13 Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world has no love for you.

    14 We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.

    15 Anyone who has hate for his brother is a taker of life, and you may be certain that no taker of life has eternal life in him.

  • 1 John 4:7-13
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    7 My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.

    8 He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.

    9 And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.

    10 And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.

    11 My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.

    12 No man has ever seen God: if we have love for one another, God is in us and his love is made complete in us:

    13 And his Spirit which he has given us is the witness that we are in him and he is in us.

  • 1 John 3:17-19
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    17 But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him?

    18 My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.

    19 In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,

  • 1 John 4:19-21
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    19 We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.

    20 If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen?

    21 And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.

  • John 15:12-13
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    12 This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.

    13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends.

  • 1 John 4:16-17
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    16 And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.

    17 In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world.

  • Rom 5:8
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    8 But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us.

  • 1 John 5:2-3
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    2 In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws.

    3 For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.

  • 1 John 3:23-24
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    23 And this is his law, that we have faith in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love for one another, even as he said to us.

    24 He who keeps his laws is in God and God is in him. And the Spirit which he gave us is our witness that he is in us.

  • John 3:16
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    16 For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.

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    35 By this it will be clear to all men that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.

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    1 See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.

  • 1 John 2:3
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    3 And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws.

  • 2 Cor 5:14-15
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    14 For it is the love of Christ which is moving us; because we are of the opinion that if one was put to death for all, then all have undergone death;

    15 And that he underwent death for all, so that the living might no longer be living to themselves, but to him who underwent death for them and came back from the dead.

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    10 He who has love for his brother is in the light, and there is no cause of error in him.

  • 1 John 2:5-6
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    5 But in every man who keeps his word, the love of God is made complete. By this we may be certain that we are in him:

    6 He who says that he is living in him, will do as he did.

  • 1 Thess 5:10
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    10 Who was put to death for us, so that, awake or sleeping, we may have a part in his life.

  • 1 Pet 1:22
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    22 And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:

  • John 10:17
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    17 For this reason am I loved by the Father, because I give up my life so that I may take it again.

  • 1 Thess 4:9
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    9 But about loving the brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you in this letter: for you have the teaching of God that love for one another is right and necessary;

  • 1 Cor 8:3
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    3 But if anyone has love for God, God has knowledge of him.

  • 1 John 5:11
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    11 And his witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

  • 1 John 2:15
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    15 Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

  • John 15:17
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    17 So this is my law for you: Have love one for another.

  • 1 John 1:3
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    3 We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:

  • Eph 5:2
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    2 And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.

  • 2 Pet 1:7
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    7 And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.

  • 1 John 5:16
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    16 If a man sees his brother doing a sin which is not bad enough for death, let him make a prayer to God, and God will give life to him whose sin was not bad enough for death. There is a sin whose punishment is death: I do not say that he may make such a request then.

  • John 10:11
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    11 I am the good keeper of sheep: the good keeper gives his life for the sheep.