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1 John 3:16 KJV
1 John · chapter 3 · verse 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 · King James Version
1 John 3:16 in context
14We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
15Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
16Hereby 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.
17But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
18My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
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Key words (Strong's)
- brethrenadelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- Herebyenin, by, with etcG1722 →
- Herebytoutōto this oneG5129 →
- oughtopheilōto owe, to owe money, be in debt for, that which is due, the debt, metaph. the goodwill…G3784 →
- loveagapēaffection, good will, love, benevolence, brotherly love, love feastsG26 →
- lifepsychēbreath, the breath of life, the vital force which animates the body and shows itself in…G5590 →
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The beloved apostle can scarcely touch upon the mention of sacred love, but he must enlarge upon the enforcement of it, as here he does by divers arguments and incentives thereto; as, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-19