1 John 3:15–16
1 John 3:15–16 — English Standard Version (ESV)
15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
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.
1 John 3:15–16 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
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.
1 John 3:15–16 — New Living Translation (NLT)
15 Anyone who hates another brother or sister is really a murderer at heart. And you know that murderers don’t have eternal life within them.
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.
1 John 3:15–16 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
16 By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
1 John 3:15–16 — New Century Version (NCV)
15 Everyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderers have eternal life in them. 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.
1 John 3:15–16 — American Standard Version (ASV)
15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 16 Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
1 John 3:15–16 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
15 Every one that hates his brother is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 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.
1 John 3:15–16 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
15 Everyone who hates another believer is a murderer, and you know that a murderer doesn’t have eternal life.
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.
1 John 3:15–16 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.
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.
1 John 3:15–16 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
15 All who hate a brother or sister are murderers, and you know that murderers do not have eternal life abiding in them. 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.
1 John 3:15–16 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that every murderer does not have eternal life residing in him. 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.
1 John 3:15–16 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
15 Those who hate their brothers and sisters are murderers. And you know that murderers do not have eternal life in their hearts.
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.
1 John 3:15–16 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
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.