1 John 3:16,18
1 John 3:16-17 The Message (MSG)
This is how we’ve come to understand and experience love: Christ sacrificed his life for us. This is why we ought to live sacrificially for our fellow believers, and not just be out for ourselves. If you see some brother or sister in need and have the means to do something about it but turn a cold shoulder and do nothing, what happens to God’s love? It disappears. And you made it disappear.
1 John 3:18-20 The Message (MSG)
My dear children, let’s not just talk about love; let’s practice real love. This is the only way we’ll know we’re living truly, living in God’s reality. It’s also the way to shut down debilitating self-criticism, even when there is something to it. For God is greater than our worried hearts and knows more about us than we do ourselves.
1 John 3:16 King James Version (KJV)
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 3:18 King James Version (KJV)
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
1 John 3:16 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
1 John 3:18 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.
1 John 3:16 New Century Version (NCV)
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 3:18 New Century Version (NCV)
My children, we should love people not only with words and talk, but by our actions and true caring.
1 John 3:16 American Standard Version (ASV)
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 3:18 American Standard Version (ASV)
My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
1 John 3:16 New International Version (NIV)
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.
1 John 3:18 New International Version (NIV)
Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
1 John 3:16 New King James Version (NKJV)
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.
I John 3:18 New King James Version (NKJV)
My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
1 John 3:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
By this we know [and have come to understand the depth and essence of His precious] love: that He [willingly] laid down His life for us [because He loved us]. And we ought to lay down our lives for the believers.
1 John 3:18 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Little children (believers, dear ones), let us not love [merely in theory] with word or with tongue [giving lip service to compassion], but in action and in truth [in practice and in sincerity, because practical acts of love are more than words].
1 John 3:16 New Living Translation (NLT)
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 3:18 New Living Translation (NLT)
Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.
1 John 3:16 The Passion Translation (TPT)
This is how we have discovered love’s reality: Jesus sacrificed his life for us. Because of this great love, we should be willing to lay down our lives for one another.
1 John 3:18 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Beloved children, our love can’t be an abstract theory we only talk about, but a way of life demonstrated through our loving deeds.
1 John 3:16 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
