1 JOHN 3:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers — the definition of love is Christ's self-sacrifice (tithēmi psychē). The pattern (ought, opheilo) calls believers to similar self-giving. Love is not sentiment but action: laying down one's life for others.
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