1 John 3:16 · WEB
“By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.”
— 1 John 3:16
Era
Apostolic Era (~50 AD)
Emotion
grateful
Type
teaching
Emotional genome
Comfort power
Quotability
Memorability
Crisis relevance
Standalone
This verse is part of 1 John 3. The full chapter reveals the story around it.
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