16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.

16 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

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.

16 We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters.

16 This is how we know what real love is: Jesus gave his life for us. So we should give our lives for our brothers and sisters.

16 Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

16 Hereby we have known love, because he has laid down his life for us; and we ought for the brethren to lay down our lives.

16 We understand what love is when we realize that Christ gave his life for us. That means we must give our lives for other believers.

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.

16 We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another.

16 We have come to know love by this: that he laid down his life on behalf of us, and we ought to lay down our lives on behalf of the brothers.

16 We know what love is because Jesus Christ gave his life for us. So we should give our lives for our brothers and sisters.

16 We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.