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1 John 3:15-17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
1 John 3:15-17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.(A) 16 The way we came to know love was that he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.(B) 17 If someone who has worldly means sees a brother in need and refuses him compassion, how can the love of God remain in him?(C)
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1 John 3:15-17
New International Version
1 John 3:15-17
New International Version
15 Anyone who hates a brother or sister(A) is a murderer,(B) and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.(C)
16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.(D) And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.(E) 17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them,(F) how can the love of God be in that person?(G)
1 John 3:15-17
King James Version
1 John 3:15-17
King James Version
15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
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.
17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
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1 John 3:15-17
English Standard Version
1 John 3:15-17
English Standard Version
15 (A)Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that (B)no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
16 By this we know love, that (C)he laid down his life for us, and (D)we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But (E)if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet (F)closes his heart against him, (G)how does God's love abide in him?
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