1 John 3:16
Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
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- 1 John 4:9–11 Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
- Ephesians 5:2 and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.
- John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.