Compare Translations for 1 John 3:16

16 This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers.
16 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
16 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.
16 This is how we've come to understand and experience love: Christ sacrificed his life for us. This is why we ought to live sacrificially for our fellow believers, and not just be out for ourselves.
16 We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
16 By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
16 We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters.
16 We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another.
16 Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
16 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.
16 This is how we know love: Jesus laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
16 This is how we know love: Jesus laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
16 The way that we have come to know love is through his having laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers!
16 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.
16 This is how we know what love is: Christ gave his life for us. We too, then, ought to give our lives for others!
16 This is how we know what love is: Christ gave his life for us. We too, then, ought to give our lives for others!
16 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.
16 By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. We ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
16 In this we have known the charity of God because he laid down his life for us; we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
16 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.
16 We have come to know love by this: that {he} laid down his life on behalf of us, and we ought to lay down our lives on behalf of the brothers.
16 This is how we know what real love is: Jesus gave his life for us. So we should give our lives for our brothers and sisters.
16 We know what love is because Jesus Christ gave his life for us. So we should give our lives for our brothers and sisters.
16 We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another.
16 In this we have known the charity of God, because he hath laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
16 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
16 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
16 ἐν τούτῳ ἐγνώκαμεν τὴν ἀγάπην, ὅτι ἐκεῖνος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἔθηκεν · καὶ ἡμεῖς ὀφείλομεν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀδελφῶν τὰς ψυχὰς θεῖναι.
16 Hereby 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.
16 Hereby 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.
16 Herby perceave we love: that he gave his lyfe for vs: and therfore ought we also to geve oure lyves for the brethre.
16 in hoc cognovimus caritatem quoniam ille pro nobis animam suam posuit et nos debemus pro fratribus animas ponere
16 in hoc cognovimus caritatem quoniam ille pro nobis animam suam posuit et nos debemus pro fratribus animas ponere
16 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.
16 By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. We ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
16 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.
16 In this thing we have known the charity of God, for he put his life for us, and we owe to put our lives for our brethren.
16 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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