1 John 3:16
Good News Translation
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!
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1 John 3:16
Complete Jewish Bible
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!
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1 John 3:16-17
The Message
16-17 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. 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.
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