1 John 3:16 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;

English ASV

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

English Amplified

By this we come to know (progressively to recognize, to perceive, to understand) the [essential] love: that He laid down His [own] life for us; and we ought to lay [our] lives down for [those who are our] brothers [in Him].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

By this we come to know (progressively to recognize, to perceive, to understand) the [essential] love: that He laid down His [own] life for us; and we ought to lay [our] lives down for [those who are our] brothers [in Him].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

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 and sisters.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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.

English EASY 2024

This is how we know what true love is: Jesus Christ gave his own life on the cross. He died on our behalf. So we too ought to give our lives for other believers.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

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

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

This is how we know what love is: Christ gave his life for us. We too, then, ought to give our lives for others!

English God's Word - GW 1995

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.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

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.

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

By this we have known love, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

By this we know the love of God: that He laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

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

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

The way we came to know love was that he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

We have come to know love by this: that Jesus laid down his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

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

English 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.

English NKJ 1982

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.

English NLT

We know what real love is because Christ gave up his life for us. And so we also ought to give up our lives for our Christian brothers and sisters.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

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

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

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.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

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

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

We know what real love is from Christ's example in dying for us. And so we also ought to lay down our lives for our Christian brothers.

English Tyndale 1537

Hereby perceive we(are we assured of) love: (because) that he gave(left) his life for us: And (therefore) we ought also to give our lives for the(our) brethren.

1 John 3:16 — Compare Translations