1 John 3:16

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Hereby haue we perceaued loue, that he gaue his life for vs, and therfore ought we also to geue oure lyues for the brethre.

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  • John 3:16 : 16 For God so loued the worlde, that he gaue his onely sonne, that who so euer beleueth in hi, shulde not perishe, but haue euerlastinge life.
  • 1 John 4:9-9 : 9 By this appeared the loue of God to vs warde, because that God sent his onely begotten sonne in to this worlde, that we mighte lyue thorow him. 10 Herein is loue, not that we loued God, but that he loued vs, and sent his sonne to make agremet for oure synnes. 11 Dearly beloued, yf God so loued vs, we oughte also to loue one another.
  • John 13:34 : 34 A new comaundemet geue I you, that ye loue together as I haue loued you, yt euen so ye loue one another.
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 and walke in loue, euen as Christ loued vs, and gaue him selfe for vs an offerynge and sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto God.
  • Rev 1:5 : 5 and from Iesus Christ which is a faithfull witnes, and first begotten of the deed: & LORDE ouer ye kinges of the earth. Vnto him that loued vs and wesshed vs fro synnes in his awne bloud,
  • Phil 2:17 : 17 Yee and though I be offred vp vpo the offerynge & sacrifice of youre faith, I am glad, and reioyce with you all:
  • Rom 5:8 : 8 Therfore doth God set forth his loue towarde vs, in yt Christ dyed for vs,whan we were yet synners:
  • Titus 2:13 : 13 lokynge for that blessed hope and appearynge of the glory of ye greate God and of oure Sauioure Iesu Christ:
  • Matt 20:28 : 28 Euen as the sonne of man came, not to be serued, but to do seruyce, and to geue his life to a redepcion for many.
  • 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 For as moch as Christ hath once suffred for oure synnes, ye iust for the vniust, for to brynge vs to God: & was slayne after the flesh, but quyckened after the sprete.
  • 1 John 2:6 : 6 He yt sayeth he abydeth in him, oughte to walke euen as he walked.
  • Rom 16:4 : 4 which for my life haue layed downe their awne neckes: vnto whom not I onely geue thankes, but all the congregacions of the Heythen.
  • John 15:12-13 : 12 This is my comaundement, that ye loue together, as I haue loued you. 13 No man hath greater loue, then to set his life for his frende.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Take hede therfore vnto youre selues, and to all the flocke, amonge the which the holy goost hath set you to be Bishoppes, to fede the congregacion of God, which he hath purchaced thorow his owne bloude.
  • John 10:15 : 15 Eue as my father knoweth me, and I knowe ye father. And I geue my life for my shepe.
  • Eph 5:25 : 25 Ye hussbandes loue youre wyues, euen as Christ loued the congregacion, and gaue himselfe for it,
  • Rev 5:9 : 9 and they songe a newe songe saynge: thou art worthy to take the boke & to ope the seales therof: for thou wast kylled, and hast redemed vs by thy bloud, out of all kynreddes, and toges, and people, and nacions,
  • 1 Pet 1:18 : 18 and knowe, that ye were not redemed wt corruptible syluer and golde, from youre vayne conuersacion (which ye receaued by the tradicios of the fathers)
  • Phil 2:30 : 30 for because of the worke of Christ, he wente so farre, that he came nye vnto death, and regarded not his life, to fulfyll that seruyce which was lackynge on youre parte towarde me.
  • 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 which his owne selfe bare oure synnes in his body vpon the tre, that we shulde be delyuered from synne, & shulde lyue vnto righteousnes: by whose strypes ye were healed.

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  • 1 John 3:10-15
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    10By this are the children of God knowne & the children of the deuell. Who so euer doeth not righteousnes, is not of God, nether he thath loueth not his brother.

    11For this is the tydinges which ye haue herde from the begynnynge, that ye shulde loue one another,

    12not as Cain, which was of the wicked, and slewe his brother. And wherfore slewe he him? euen because his awne workes were euell, and his brothers righteous.

    13Maruayle not (my brethren) though the worlde hate you.

    14We knowe yt we are traslated from death vnto life, because we loue the brethren. He that loueth not his brother, abydeth in death.

    15Who soeuer hateth his brother, is a mansleyer. And ye knowe that a mansleyer hath not eternall life abydinge in him.

  • 1 John 4:7-13
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    7Dearly beloued, let vs loue one another, for loue commeth of God. And euery one yt loueth, is borne of God, and knoweth God.

    8He that loueth not, knoweth not God: for God is loue.

    9By this appeared the loue of God to vs warde, because that God sent his onely begotten sonne in to this worlde, that we mighte lyue thorow him.

    10Herein is loue, not that we loued God, but that he loued vs, and sent his sonne to make agremet for oure synnes.

    11Dearly beloued, yf God so loued vs, we oughte also to loue one another.

    12No man hath sene God at eny tyme. Yf we loue one another, God dwelleth in vs, and his loue is perfecte in vs.

    13Hereby knowe we that we dwell in him, and he in vs, because he hath geuen vs of his sprete.

  • 1 John 3:17-19
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    17But he yt hath this worldes good, & seyth his brother haue nede, and shutteth vp his hert fro him, how dwelleth the loue of God in him?

    18My litle children, let vs not loue with worde nether with tonge, but with ye dede, and with the trueth.

    19Hereby knowe we, that we are of the verite, and can quyete oure hertes before him.

  • 1 John 4:19-21
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    19Let vs loue him, for he loued vs first.

    20Yf eny man saye: I loue God, & yet hateth his brother, he is a lyar. For he that loueth not his brother whom he seyth, how can he loue God, whom he seyth not?

    21And this comaundement haue we of him, that he which loueth God, shulde loue his brother also.

  • John 15:12-13
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    12This is my comaundement, that ye loue together, as I haue loued you.

    13No man hath greater loue, then to set his life for his frende.

  • 1 John 4:16-17
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    16and we haue knowne and beleued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue, and he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God, and God in him.

    17Here in is the loue perfecte with vs, that we shulde haue a fre boldnesse in the daye of iudgment: for as he is, eue so are we in this worlde.

  • Rom 5:8
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    8Therfore doth God set forth his loue towarde vs, in yt Christ dyed for vs,whan we were yet synners:

  • 1 John 5:2-3
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    2By this we knowe that we loue Gods children, whan we loue God, and kepe his commaundementes.

    3For this is the loue of God, that we kepe his commaundementes, and his commaundemetes are not greuous.

  • 1 John 3:23-24
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    23And this is his comaundement, that we beleue on ye name of his sonne Iesus Christ, and loue one another, as he gaue commaundement.

    24And he that kepeth his commaundementes, dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby knowe we that he abydeth in vs, euen by the sprete which he hath geuen vs.

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    16For God so loued the worlde, that he gaue his onely sonne, that who so euer beleueth in hi, shulde not perishe, but haue euerlastinge life.

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    35By this shal euery man knowe that ye are my disciples, yf ye haue loue one to another.

  • 1 John 3:1
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    1Beholde what loue the father hath shewed on vs, yt we shulde be called the childre of God. Therfore ye worlde knoweth you not, because it knoweth not him.

  • 1 John 2:3
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    3And hereby are we sure that we knowe him, yf we kepe his comaundemetes.

  • 2 Cor 5:14-15
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    14For the loue of Christ constrayneth vs, in as moch as we thus iudge, that yf one be deed for all, then are all deed.

    15And therfore dyed he for all, that they which lyue, shulde not hence forth lyue vnto them selues, but vnto him, which dyed for them and rose agayne.

  • 1 John 2:10
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    10He yt loueth his brother, abydeth in the lighte, and there is none occasion of euell in him.

  • 1 John 2:5-6
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    5But who so kepeth his worde, in him is the loue of God perfecte in dede. Hereby knowe we, that we are in him.

    6He yt sayeth he abydeth in him, oughte to walke euen as he walked.

  • 1 Thess 5:10
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    10which dyed for vs: that whether we wake or slepe, we shulde lyue together with him.

  • 1 Pet 1:22
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    22Euen ye which haue purifyed youre soules in obeyenge the trueth thorow the sprete, for to loue brotherly without faynynge, & feruently one to loue another wt a pure hert,

  • John 10:17
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    17Therfore doth my father loue me, because I leaue my life, that I maye take it agayue.

  • 1 Thess 4:9
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    9But as touchinge brotherly loue, ye nede not that I wryte vnto you, for ye youre selues are taught of God to loue one another:

  • 1 Cor 8:3
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    3But yf eny man loue God, the same is knowne of him.

  • 1 John 5:11
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    11And this is that recorde, euen yt God hath geue vs euerlastinge life. And this life is in his sonne.

  • 1 John 2:15
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    15Se that ye loue not the worlde, nether ye thinges that are in the worlde. Yf eny man loue the worlde, the loue of the father is not in him:

  • John 15:17
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    17This I commaunde you, that ye loue one another.

  • 1 John 1:3
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    3That which we haue sene & herde, declare we vnto you, that ye also maye haue fellishippe with vs, and that oure fellishippe maye be with the father and with his sonne Iesus Christ.

  • Eph 5:2
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    2and walke in loue, euen as Christ loued vs, and gaue him selfe for vs an offerynge and sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto God.

  • 2 Pet 1:7
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    7in godlynes, brotherly loue: in brotherly loue, generall loue.

  • 1 John 5:16
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    16Yf eny man se his brother synne a synne not vnto death, let him axe, and he shal geue him life, for the yt synne not vnto death. There is a synne vnto death, for the which saye I not that a man shulde praye.

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    11I am a good shepherde. A good shepherde geueth his life for the shepe.