1 John 3:16

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1 John 3:16

This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers.

John 3:16

“For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

Romans 5:8

But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us!

Philippians 2:17

But even if I am poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.

John 10:15

as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father. I lay down My life for the sheep.

John 13:34

“I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you must also love one another.

John 15:12-13

This is My command: Love one another as I have loved you.

Acts 20:28

Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock that the Holy Spirit has appointed you to as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

Ephesians 5:2

And walk in love, as the Messiah also loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.

Titus 2:13

while we wait for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

1 John 2:6

The one who says he remains in Him should walk just as He walked.

1 John 4:9-11

God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent His One and Only Son into the world so that we might live through Him.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

To Him who loves us and has set us free from our sins by His blood,

Matthew 20:28

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life—a ransom for many.”

Romans 16:4

who risked their own necks for my life. Not only do I thank them, but so do all the Gentile churches.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her

Philippians 2:30

because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up what was lacking in your ministry to me.

1 Peter 1:18

For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from the fathers, not with perishable things like silver or gold,

1 Peter 2:24

He Himself bore our sins
in His body on the tree,
so that, having died to sins,
we might live for righteousness;
you have been healed by His wounds.

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ also suffered for sins once for all,
the righteous for the unrighteous,
that He might bring you to God,
after being put to death in the fleshly realm
but made alive in the spiritual realm.

And they sang a new song:

You are worthy to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
because You were slaughtered,
and You redeemed people
for God by Your blood
from every tribe and language
and people and nation.

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Summary

1 John 3:16

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.

Perceive

And we

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Bible References

Perceive

God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent His One and Only Son into the world so that we might live through Him.

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life—a ransom for many.”

“For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father. I lay down My life for the sheep.

No one has greater love than this, that someone would lay down his life for his friends.

Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock that the Holy Spirit has appointed you to as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us!

And walk in love, as the Messiah also loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.

while we wait for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from the fathers, not with perishable things like silver or gold,

He Himself bore our sins
in His body on the tree,
so that, having died to sins,
we might live for righteousness;
you have been healed by His wounds.

For Christ also suffered for sins once for all,

the righteous for the unrighteous,
that He might bring you to God,
after being put to death in the fleshly realm

but made alive in the spiritual realm.

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

To Him who loves us and has set us free from our sins by His blood,

And we

The one who says he remains in Him should walk just as He walked.

Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another.

“I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you must also love one another.

This is My command: Love one another as I have loved you.

who risked their own necks for my life. Not only do I thank them, but so do all the Gentile churches.

But even if I am poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.

General references

Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.

Rescue those being taken off to death,
and save those stumbling toward slaughter.

Give to the one who asks you, and don’t turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

For I was hungry
and you gave Me nothing to eat;
I was thirsty
and you gave Me nothing to drink;

This is what I command you: Love one another.

Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another.