1 John 3:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

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 brothers.

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  • John 3:16 : 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
  • 1 John 4:9-9 : 9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, because God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
  • John 13:34 : 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, as Christ also loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
  • Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
  • Phil 2:17 : 17 Yes, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.
  • Rom 5:8 : 8 But God demonstrates His love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
  • Titus 2:13 : 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ;
  • Matt 20:28 : 28 Even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
  • 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit;
  • 1 John 2:6 : 6 He who says he abides in him ought himself also to walk just as he walked.
  • Rom 16:4 : 4 Who have risked their own necks for my life; to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
  • John 15:12-13 : 12 This is my commandment: That you love one another, as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.
  • John 10:15 : 15 As the Father knows me, even so I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.
  • Eph 5:25 : 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it;
  • Rev 5:9 : 9 And they sang a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for You were slain and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
  • 1 Pet 1:18 : 18 Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,
  • Phil 2:30 : 30 Because for the work of Christ he came close to death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.
  • 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.

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    10In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.

    11For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

    12Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

    13Do not marvel, my brothers, if the world hates you.

    14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his brother abides in death.

    15Whoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

  • 1 John 4:7-13
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    7Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

    8He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

    9In this the love of God was manifested toward us, because God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.

    10In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

    11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

    12No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and His love is perfected in us.

    13By this we know that we dwell in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.

  • 1 John 3:17-19
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    17But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his compassion from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

    18My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

    19And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

  • 1 John 4:19-21
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    19We love Him because He first loved us.

    20If someone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

    21And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.

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    12This is my commandment: That you love one another, as I have loved you.

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

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    16And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.

    17In this love has been perfected among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as He is, so are we in this world.

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    8But God demonstrates His love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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    2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.

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  • 1 John 3:23-24
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    23And this is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

    24And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.

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    16For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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    35By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.

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    14For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if one died for all, then all died:

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    5But whoever keeps his word, truly the love of God is perfected in him: by this we know that we are in him.

    6He who says he abides in him ought himself also to walk just as he walked.

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    10Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

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    22Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,

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    17Therefore my Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

  • 1 Thess 4:9
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    9But concerning brotherly love, you do not need that I write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.

  • 1 Cor 8:3
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    3But if anyone loves God, he is known by Him.

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

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    15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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    17These things I command you, that you love one another.

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    3That which we have seen and heard we declare to you, so that you also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

  • Eph 5:2
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    2And walk in love, as Christ also loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

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    7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness love.

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    16If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death; I do not say that he should pray about that.

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    11I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.