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 clearly shown toward us, by his sending his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.

"just as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever trusts in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

just as the Father knows me, I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.

"Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you overseers, and be shepherds of the church of God which he has purchased with his own blood.

But God gives proof of his love to us by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

and to lead lives of love, just as Christ also loved you and gave himself up for you, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for you, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for "an odor of sweetness."

While we look for the blessed hope and epiphany of the glory of our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

For you well know that not with perishable things, with silver or gold, were you redeemed from the emptiness of your manner of life, received by tradition from your ancestors;

He bore our sins in his own body upon the tree, in order that we might become dead to sins, and be alive unto righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

because Christ also once for all suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but make alive in spirit.

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has loosed us from our sins in his own blood;

And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy art thou to take the book And to open its seals; For thou wast slain and didst ransom for God Men out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation;

And we

By who says he "remains in him" ought to spend his life as he spent his.

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

I give you a new commandment, Love one another!

"This is my command, Love one another as I have loved you.

who risked their own lives to save mine; who are thanked not only by me,

Nay, even if my life is to be poured out as a libation upon the sacrifice and service of you faith,

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"Give to him who asks, and from him who wants to borrow from you, do not turn away.

"for I was hungry, and you gave me no food; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink;

"This is my command. to love one another. If the worlds hates you,

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