1 John 3:16

Greek	ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν greek Preposition meaning “in”. τούτῳplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigοὗτος / αὕτη /τοῦτο greek Meaning: * These or this * This one, this person, this thing * They or he or she or it Demonstrative pronoun. οὗτος usually refers to something close to the speaker — “this” as opposed to ἐκεῖνος (John 9:161 John 5:111 Corinthians 15:501 John 4:9John 5:1Matthew 3:17John 7:26Luke 22:19 ἐγνώκαμεν τὴνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἀγάπην, ὅτι ἐκεῖνος ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν τὴνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ψυχὴν αὐτοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English) ἔθηκεν· καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” ἡμεῖς ὀφείλομεν ὑπὲρ τῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἀδελφῶν τὰςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ψυχὰς θεῖναι.
ESV	By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
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.
NLT	We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters.
KJV	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 3:15 ← 1 John 3:16 → 1 John 3:17}

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