1 John 3:16

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Summary

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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Perceive

In this was the love of God manifested in us, that God has sent his only born Son into the world, that we might live by him.

As the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his soul a ransom for many.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that every one believing in him perish not, but have eternal life.

As the Father knows me, I also know the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

Greater love than this has none, that any lay down his life for his friends.

Attend therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit set you inspectors, to feed the church of God, which he acquired by his own blood.

And God recommends his own love to us, that we yet being sinful, Christ died for us.

And walk ye in love, as also Christ loved us, and gave himself for us a gift and sacrifice to God for a smell of sweet odor.

Expecting the blessed hope, and apppearance of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

Knowing that not with corruptible things, silver and gold, were ye redeemed from your vain mode of life transmitted from your fathers

Who himself bear up our sins in his body upon the wood, that we, removed from sins, should live to justice: by whose bloody mark ye were healed.

For Christ also once suffered for sins, the just one for the unjust, that he might bring us near to God, truly put to death in the flesh, and made alive by the Spirit:

And from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first born from the dead, and the chief of the kings of the earth. To him having loved us, and washed us from our sins in his blood,

And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open its seals: for thou wert slain, and didst purchase us to God by thy blood from every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation;

And we

He saying he remains in him ought, as he walked about, so also he to walk about.

Dearly beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

A new command give I to you, That ye love one another: as I loved you, that ye also love one another.

This is my command, That ye love one another, as I loved you.

Who for my soul have laid down their own necks: to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the nations.

But if also I am poured out upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice together with you all.

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And remember that thou wert a servant in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God will redeem thee: for I command thee this word this day.

If thou shalt refrain to deliver those being brought to death, and those going to be slain;

To him asking thee, give thou, and him wishing to borrow from thee, thou shouldst not turn away.

For I was hungry, and ye gave me not to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink;

These things I command you, that ye love one another.

Dearly beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.