Parallel Bible results for "1-John 3:16-24"

1 John 3:16-24

Common English Bible CEB

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.

17 But if a person has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need and that person doesn't care—how can the love of God remain in him?

18 Little children, let's not love with words or speech but with action and truth.

19 This is how we will know that we belong to the truth and reassure our hearts in God's presence.

20 Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts and knows all things.

21 Dear friends, if our hearts don't condemn us, we have confidence in relationship to God.

22 We receive whatever we ask from him because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.

23 This is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love each other as he commanded us.

24 The person who keeps his commandments remains in God and God remains in him; and this is how we know that he remains in us, because of the Spirit that he has given to us.

The Message Bible MSG

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.

17 If you see some brother or sister in need and have the means to do something about it but turn a cold shoulder and do nothing, what happens to God's love? It disappears. And you made it disappear.

18 My dear children, let's not just talk about love; let's practice real love.

19 This is the only way we'll know we're living truly, living in God's reality.

20 It's also the way to shut down debilitating self-criticism, even when there is something to it. For God is greater than our worried hearts and knows more about us than we do ourselves.

21 And friends, once that's taken care of and we're no longer accusing or condemning ourselves, we're bold and free before God!

22 We're able to stretch our hands out and receive what we asked for because we're doing what he said, doing what pleases him.

23 Again, this is God's command: to believe in his personally named Son, Jesus Christ. He told us to love each other, in line with the original command.

24 As we keep his commands, we live deeply and surely in him, and he lives in us. And this is how we experience his deep and abiding presence in us: by the Spirit he gave us.