1 John 3:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
1 John 3:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 John 3:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 John 3:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.”
1 John 3:16 — World English Bible
1 John 3:16 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.”
1 John 3:16 — American Standard Version
1 John 3:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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;”
1 John 3:16 — Young's Literal Translation
1 John 3:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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.”
1 John 3:16 — Darby Translation
1 John 3:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Hereby haue we perceiued loue, that he layde downe his life for vs: therefore we ought also to lay downe our liues for the brethren.”
1 John 3:16 — Geneva Bible
1 John 3:16 in Context — 1 John 3
14 Nós sabemos que já passamos da morte para a vida, pois amamos os irmãos. Quem não ama[seu] irmão permanece na morte.
15 Todo aquele que odeia o seu irmão é homicida. E sabeis que nenhum homicida tem a vida eterna habitando nele.
16 Nisto conhecemos o amor: ele deu a sua vida por nós. E nós devemos dar as [nossas] vidas pelos irmãos.
17 Se alguém tiver bens do mundo, e vir o seu irmão em necessidade, e não se compadecer dele, como pode o amor de Deus estar nele?
18 Meus filhinhos, amemos não de palavra, nem de língua, mas sim com ação e verdade.
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What Does 1 John 3:16 Mean?
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