1 John 3:16
1 John 3:16 — English Standard Version (ESV)
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 3:16 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
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 3:16 — New Living Translation (NLT)
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 3:16 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
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 3:16 — New Century Version (NCV)
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 3:16 — American Standard Version (ASV)
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 3:16 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
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 3:16 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
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 3:16 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
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 3:16 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
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 3:16 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
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 3:16 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
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 3:16 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
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.