Devine Scripture

1 John 3:16

1 John chapter 3 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

Context

v.15Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

v.16This passage

v.17But whoso hath the world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Revelation 5:9

    And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood men of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,

  • John 10:15

    even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.

  • 1 Peter 2:24

    who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.

  • 1 Peter 1:18

    knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;

  • Romans 16:4

    who for my life laid down their own necks; unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles:

  • 1 Peter 3:18

    Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;